This is another "Bucket List" kind of trip for us - something we'd wanted to do for many years. We finally got around to it in the Spring of 2018, and were joined by several friends and family. After looking at a lot of alternatives, we decided to make our way over to Europe for the Baltic cruise by taking a Transatlantic cruise - not a bad way to avoid jet lag. :) So this journal is in two parts - first the Transatlantic cruise, followed by the two cities we visited on land prior to arriving in Copenhagen - the embarkation/disembarkation port for the Baltic cruise portion.
There are 2 major parts to this trip:
Part 1 - Transatlantic - May 2018 (Tampa to Barcelona), a 14-night Transatlantic cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas, followed by 3 days in Barcelona then 3 days in Brussels, and then
Part 2 - Baltic Cruise - May-June 2018, a 9-night "Scandinavia, Russia & Baltic" cruise around the Baltic Sea aboard Norwegian's Breakaway ship. This leg was preceded by 3 nights in Copenhagen.
Each of the links above will take you to a page with a few comments about that section of our trip, and links to each of our days either in ports of call, or touring on land. Days at sea and travel days moving from one city to another are not covered (they tend not to be of much interest), and given this is primarily a photo journal, the camera was usually safely stowed during days spent travelling from one place to another.
Enjoy.
