Alex's Summer at Sea

There’s still lots to say, but just not enough time to write it all, in addition to finishing things up on the ship, packing up, and saying goodbye to people. However, I promise one final entry wrapping everything up to be posted in the next couple of days. Before I close the journey in words, I’ve got some (ok, a lot of) photos to share with you that I haven’t yet posted. Let’s hope your internet connection is faster than the one on the ship so that you can see all of them! PS. I don't have enough internet minutes left to check if everything uploaded correctly, and blogger's image upload is acting up...so we'll see how this all comes out.

Iceland:

A church in the middle of nowhere:

Thingvellir National Park:

The biggest waterfall I’ve ever seen:

Norway:

The train to Voss:

Little boxes, on the hillside:

View of Bergen from Mt. Floien:

Russia:

Inside the Kremlin:

Inside a church inside the Kremlin:

Poland:

Rebuilt buildings in Gdansk:

Belgium:

A square in Brussels:


A castle in Ghent:

We passed through the Kiel Canal on the way to Belgium from Poland. It’s a waterway in Northern Germany usually only used by smaller ships, rarely large passenger ships. Lots of people living along the canal were so excited to see us, including this couple waving as we went by:


France:

A home in Le Havre:


A Magen David amongst crosses in Normandy:

Ireland:

One of my favorite parts of Ireland, St. Stephen’s Green, a park built right into the middle of the city:

Inside the Guinness Factory:

Spain:

A sculpture in Guernica:

A fountain in Bilbao, in front of a Metro entrance:

The hills of Bilbao through a fountain in the city center:

Homeward Bound:

Sunsets, sunsets:

The skies are so clear along the Atlantic, and last night we had a full moon: