Steve and Cathy's Blog

A very long night’s sleep was very much in order. Unfortunately, Cathy awakens at 6, and has to wait until 8 for Steve. She has taken a shower and is ready to go. Steve, however, first has to have an adventure with the shower. He stumbles into the small but nicely appointed bathroom to take a shower. The shower itself is one of those where the shower head is attached to a hose so you can hold

NOTE BEFORE WE START: For whatever reason, it takes an interminable amount of time to load photos to this blog site. So until such time as we have faster Internet service, my goal is to load photos on Facebook to accompany each post. We wander through the big, beautiful Dublin airport, clear immigration easily and collect our bags. No customs clearance. Twenty-minute cab ride to Cassidys Hotel in the center of Dublin.  Cassidys Hotel is a

Well, we are off on another Oceania Cruises adventure. This one begins in Dublin, Ireland and, thirty days later, ends in Southampton, England. We will visit the Shetland Isles in Scotland, seven towns and cities in Norway to and from three places in northern Russia, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Russia, Tallin, Estonia, a couple of small towns in Sweden and Denmark, and end up docking in Southampton on August 4th. Then we fly to Dublin,