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In June 2023, we sailed on the Royal Caribbean Jewel of the seas to Norway and above the Arctic Circle, round-trip out of Amsterdam.
This was the itinerary:
We flew from Washington DC to Amsterdam leaving at 5:30 PM for an 8 hour flight. With the time difference the sun came up pretty quickly.
The scenery from the plane was beautiful and I could hardly wait for the tour we had planned.
To learn more about it, go to my youTube video:
We have been to the cruise port at Curacao several times, and this is the first time we had a rainy day.
One of the greatest tourist attractions is this pontoon bridge you can see in the distance. It swings from one side to the other for pedestrians and takes us to the colorful shopping district.
Continue reading “Curacao – 2022”We have been to Aruba several times and we always seem to dock in a different location. This one was a little further from the tourist shopping, but people who wanted to save some steps could take a shuttle to the port shops.
Aw we exited our ship, we saw this sign and took the bait….$25 per person seemed pretty cheap to see the main tourist attractions.
When we asked the local if we would have to wait long, she said, “Oh, no. We can leave once we get 24 guests. That sounded ideal to me as this converted school bus could hold many more than that.
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