Heading to the White Sea

Sunday to Tuesday, June 2-4, 2013 We left Kirkenes, Norway, at 6:30pm on June 2nd and arrived in Arkhangelsk, some 38 hours later on June 4th. Since this was The World’s first port-of-call in Russia on this trip, it took…

Kirkenes

Sunday, June 2, 2013 We docked for the day in the quiet town of Kirkenes.  Since there was not much going on here, being Sunday didn’t help either, we decided to do a 15km / 10m bike trip to the…

Northern most point in Europe

Saturday, June 1, 2013 Today we sailed past Hammerfest which claims to be the northern most city in the world.  This claim is in dispute with Honningsvåg which is further North but maybe is not a city.  Barrow in Alaska which…

Tromsø

Thursday, May 30, 2013 Caroline and I reunited in Oslo just as we boarded the 90 minute flight to Tromsø. Caroline was coming from Belgium and I from Los Angeles.  After 1 month apart it was certainly good to see…

Los Angeles

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Today Sterlin got dropped off at Schumacher Cargo and Logistics for shipping to Australia. The process was extremely easy and very reasonably priced at $1,850. In preparation of arrival into Sydney, Sterlin underwent a serious cleaning…

Gent and Eeklo

Sunday, May 19, 2013 I arrived in Zaventem, from Stockholm around 7pm, jumped on a train to Gent and knocked on Hilde’s door. Being Sunday there where no trains to Eeklo anymore at that time, but I’d pre-arranged to stay…

Heel Spur. No Kidding.

Most of you know I love walking and hiking. Weather permitting (yes, fair weather hiker)  I love to go for long walks to explore new places. So, why have I not been on any serious walk since Hamburg? As it…

Uppsala

I disembarked from M/V The World in Oslo on May 16 to fly to Stockholm and then bus to Uppsala, to spend a few days with my friend Kristin and her family. It’s been lovely catching up and chatting. We…

Aalborg & Skagen

Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14, 2013 Although Aalborg looked quite nice, I only ventured out for about an hour’s walk – in the rain. It just about drizzled the whole day. You have to give the people points for optimism though: despite…

Kiel Canal

Thursday, May 9, 2013 The World – with me on it – is currently traversing the Kiel Canal. Quite spectacular really as it is rather narrow and the greenery going by outside at the moment is level with the deck…

Hamburg

Monday, May 6, 2013 I arrived in Hamburg, on The World, around noon yesterday, May 5th. I was hovering around the exit gate while the ship was being cleared by customs as I knew my friends Ilse and Nils where…

London, UK

Thursday, May 2, 2013 D-Day has come and gone and I have survived the ‘shock’ of no longer having house keys, at least temporarily. I guess they will be replaced with car keys soon enough, but for now I am footloose and…