“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” ― Agnes Repplier
We arrived in Bermuda around 8:30. After docking at the Royal Naval Dockyard we walked over to Oleander Cycle center to rent a scooter for the next two day. It’ll gives us the freedom to explore on our own and at our own pace. We spent the day in and around Hamilton. We did a little shopping and a little sight seeing.
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July 10 – Day Four: Hamilton, Bermuda
July 9 – Day Three: The Island
“We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury
It’s another sea day…relaxing, eating, listening to music, eating, relaxing and eating are the things that are keeping us busy. We’ll be in Bermuda tomorrow morning, so today I thought I’d share a little info on the island. Bermuda offers visitors a large range of things to do from natural places to explore, like beaches and caves, golf corses, museums, art galleries, nightly entertainment, snorkeling, diving, fishing trips and sunset cruises just to name a few, but the one thing Bermuda offers that other places we’ve vacationed in lately is shopping. Bermuda prides itself in offering a great selection of beautiful items from around the world (jewelry, crystal, china, perfume, clothing). The best thing about shopping in Bermuda besides the wonderful selection…no sales tax. I’ll definitely be spending some of my time shopping.
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Saimaa Canal Exit
On our exit from the Saimaa Canal, we passed through all eight locks, cleared out of Finland, through Russia, and back into Finland all in one busy 15-hour run. As with our entry, the boat was searched extensively at the Russian border, but otherwise the process went smoothly. And also as on the inbound journey,…
July 8 – Day Two: The Ship
“The sea fires our imagination and rekindles our spirit.” —Wyland
Today was our first full day on the ship. We enjoyed a nice breakfast sitting outside in the Sunset Lounge, which is located on the stern of the ship. We arrived before the crowd and it was very enjoyable. For lunch we decide to eat in the main dining room where it was quiet and relaxing. The food has been very good and we can order as many dishes as we want. Most servings are small, so it is easy to try many things.
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Back, Only Better
Dylan, Dee Dee, and Dora arrived back at Georgetown Yacht Basin last week in preparation for Red Head’s second haul out. Sort of deja vu all over again. Only this time it’s better.
GYB built a set of stairs just for the crew.
No more scaling a series of platforms and ramps. Or being shuttled around in a forklift. Although the forklift was kinda cool…
The crew loves it.
And uses them without hesitation. In addition, the yard hooked up special hoses and pumps so now there is real air conditioning onboard. Not too shabby.
Return to Lappeenranta
From Lake Pihlajavesi we ran 71 miles back to Lappeenranta, overnighting partway along. We’d gone through almost all the gasoline we bought in Nynashamn back in April, so stopped off at Puumala to fill our gas tanks for the tender and top up our diesel. At Lappeenranta we found a surprisingly secluded anchorage just north…
July 7 – Day One: The Adventure Begins
“Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.” ―Hunter S. Thompson
Our ship, Celebrity Summit, is sailing out of Cape Liberty. The cruise port is located in Bayonne, NJ and is part of the New York Harbor with views of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and all of lower Manhattan. We’ve cruised in and out of New York Harbor on The Pearl seven times, but this time Stan can actually relax and take in the view. No matter how many times we come through this harbor it’s still exciting and feels surreal. There are so many things to see and so much to take in.
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Bermuda Adventure
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” —Robert Henri
We’re going on a cruise, but not on The Pearl. This time we’re cruising out of NYC to Bermuda on Celebrity’s Summit, with 2,156 of our closest friends. 😂 Well…you know that’s not exactly true, but maybe a few will be friends by the end of the cruise. We’re going to be one of the masses on this trip.
Lake Pihlajavesi
The Saimaa Ringed Seal are among the most endangered in the world, with a current population below 400 animals. They have been isolated from other Ring Seal species for nearly 10,000 years when the the land rose in the last ice age, and are one of the few living freshwater seals. Sightings are rare, but…
Wrangell
Saying goodby to the small hamlet of Myers Chuck, we have another beautiful day as we enter Ernest Sound. It is only May and the temperatures are in the 70’s with bright sun. We stop for several hours in search of a Halibut. We catch several nice size Rockfish. The largest is a Yelloweye weighing […]
