What do you do on a sea day that follows visits to six new countries over a span of nine days? Nothing. You do nothing at all. To be fair, too, the Freestyle Guide didn’t have a ton of activities for us to choose from anyways – a seminar with the captain, a trivia session, Read more
We went all the way to Stockholm and all I did was get some avocado toast. Well, that’s not entirely true, but that’s how it felt. But let’s start at the beginning: our Norwegian Getaway docked in Nynäshamn just past 7:00 am. We had originally been slated to dock in Stockholm proper, but due to Read more
After two days of intense guided tours, the only thing that sounded as good as a sea day was a free day to do whatever we want. And since we were docked in Helsinki when we woke up, we had most of the day to explore Finland’s capital city however we wanted. We took our Read more
A new day meant a new start, and even though our first day in St. Petersburg wasn’t perfect, I couldn’t wait to discover all of the treasures waiting for us on our second day. We saw so much on our first day in Russia and there was still so much left. After another breakfast at Read more
I can’t lie and say I’ve had this longtime dream to visit Russia. Between the tense political climate bringing Russia into the news on what seems like a daily basis and a large Russian cultural presence back home, I’ve just never felt like I needed to leave home to experience Russia – there was plenty Read more
