by The Inside Cabin | Aug 10, 2017 | Europe, Norway, Kristiansand, Knitting, 2017 Celtic Adventure - HAL Zuiderdam
Arriving at 7AM would not be our choice for a port visit arrival time as we prefer to get started later in the day when it is a little warmer and more of the shops are open. But 7AM it was and we would have to make the best of the time we had especially with an all...
by The Inside Cabin | Aug 8, 2017 | Europe, Great Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland, Knitting, 2017 Celtic Adventure - HAL Zuiderdam
We dropped anchor about 10 AM today in Edinburgh’s harbor and the crew readied the ship to start tender operations. The tender ride would take about 20 minutes but since it took 10 minutes to load and 10 minutes to unload, each tender trip would take about 40...
by The Inside Cabin | Aug 6, 2017 | Europe, Great Britain, Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland, Knitting, 2017 Celtic Adventure - HAL Zuiderdam
August 6th A light drizzle greeted us as we moored in Greenock, Scotland, around 7 am. Joining the line handlers on the quay was a person wearing a giant inflatable Scot costume dancing behind a lone bagpiper playing familiar Scottish music. Observing the local...
by The Inside Cabin | Aug 5, 2017 | Europe, Great Britain, Knitting, 2017 Celtic Adventure - HAL Zuiderdam, Liverpool
Liverpool, best known in the USA (and probably throughout the world) as the home of the Beatles, is not usually thought of as a tourist destination. The cloudy skies and intermittent rain we experienced so far this cruise were not in the forecast for our visit to...
by The Inside Cabin | Aug 4, 2017 | Europe, Ireland, Dublin, Knitting, 2017 Celtic Adventure - HAL Zuiderdam
Aug 3 Dublin Today is going to be a nice day with only a few puffy clouds surrounded by blue skies. This was a pleasant change to the overcast and gray clouds we have experienced earlier in the week. We will be in Dublin overnight with a scheduled departure at 6 pm...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 14, 2016 | USA, Maine, North America, Portland, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
The poor weather earlier in the cruise were a distant memory as we arrived in Portland to another wonderful day. Today we would be taking a Craft Cruise Excursion visiting the Maine Fiberarts Center followed by 3 yarn shops with some time for a local lunch. This was...
