Norwaylady

It’s time for a new adventure on the ocean! Our sailing route the next 17.days If you want to follow on IG: https://instagram.com/al_be_ra_bo?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== It’s in private settings. (So tired of light dressed ladies adding me) Just send a message: hey from Cc I’m posting from my travel in Norway and abroad. This time, it’s a new twist. Mr is staying home, petting the cats, doing laundry, taking care of the lawn and prepare his own dinner. ( we don’t have a microwave😂 so no tv dinners😝) I’m bringing the Queen, aka my mother, Jannicke! It’s time for the yearly daughter-mother trip❤️ This will be Jannickes 3. cruise. Its the first on X🥳 I took her on Jewel in Dubai on the fist cruise and last May I took her on Voyager in the Baltic. She loved it❤️ (so she’s hooked😂) Original we were booked on Royal from Cyprus to greek isle and Israel as a 14/days b2b. But Royal cancelled all booked guest and moved the starting point off the cruise to Israel. The did offer nothing. I received this information when I returned from our Hawaii and Alaska sailing on X. No price lock or any options. Just rebooking or fcc for our deposit….. The prices for Royal sailings that was accepted for ship and routing wishes was wild priced compared to what our JS b2b original costed. So I had a look on different lines to see what they could offer us. I looked into MSC, Costa, NCL etc. So I was willing to take her on something different….. Since the timing on the cruise needed to fit my mothers schedule and it had to have stops in Greece. (When I asked her what she wanted it was Greek Isle as number 1) I ended up finding a b2b on Infinity 10+7 days😁 Happy Happy HAPPY! It ticked of the correct boxes ✔️Fit the Queen’s schedule ✔️Ports of call in Greece ✔️warm weather (shorts & sandals) ✔️My Favourite type of ship and line🥳 AND the most important, the el-cheapo account manager was happy for the final numbers. For just a few more 💰 then our original sailing, we got a decent deal on X , that includes some OBC and CALL. We have to move our cabin during turnaround day, accounting could just not accept and swallow the big hefty price tag on sailing nr 2 in same type of cabin……. So we are booked in a AQ cabin on deck 11 for our first 10days. It was the only balcony cabin available when I booked. (But the price was fascinating good, so extremely happy) My mother will be thrilled when she realise that she has access to Persian Garden…. She loves saunas of all types. SO she will be very pleased for this perk. And I know she will love Blu, she’s very happy for fish and seafood. Just like me🥰 For the second cruise, we are moving to a CON cabin on deck 9. So then she can test the MDR and see what me and Mr normally sail on. Our OBC has awarded us a shore excursion in Santorini, Zakynthos and a transfer to the airport in Venice. I have not been to Zakynthos, Dubrovnik or Split before. They are all new ports of call to me. I have been to Croatia before, but further north in Pula and Rijeka. My mother has never been to Greece, Montenegro, Croatia and Malta. So that will be new countrys for her to visit. And she has never been to Marseille and La Spezia area. So she will tick off lots of boxes….. We are docking in “Rome” on the final day of Giro’d Italia. So I knew instant that we are not going into Rome. It’s a BIG event! The majority of the city will be closed off and it will be crowded and harder to move around. It’s on of the biggest events of the year. (Lucky 🇳🇴 we had the pink shirt for 4 days in the race! That’s very good and we are very happy for this) So we have booked a shared tour to the country side. It will be a great day😎🤩🥰 My mother is not old, she’s not 60yet🤭 So we will make the perfect team onboard😎 (great to have a child super early in life, perfectly timed…. Final exam as a engineer in mid June and 2 weeks later your having a child🙃) The level of activity’s are adjusted to my mothers pace. She has spinal stenose, so it’s affecting her a bit. So it needs to be adjusted to pace of her speed and not mine😝 Unfortunately they discovered it too late to be able to fix it. This cruise leaves from Barcelona and ends in Ravenna. It’s really an awful deal that the cruise ends in Ravenna. It can’t compare to docking in Venice. Ravenna and the mosaic is beautiful. But the transport to an airport is not an easy deal. You can fly from Bologna or Venice. Bologna is only 1,5h away and closer than Venice. Venice is around 2,5h away and it’s a distance. Since we are leaving our beloved Mr and Mr home alone for such a long time, we can’t stay in Venice after the cruise…… So we are flying Lufthansa Oslo/Frankfurt/Barcelona the day before our cruise. And on return we fly Swiss, Venice/Zurich/Oslo. Tickets was not cheap….. really expensive….. So accounting was not happy about this…. Even the low-cost carriers wanted the same price as a network airlines. I made a new door sign to me and the Queen. Our old was a Norwegian flag and polar bear magnet from a souvenir shop in Oslo. (Can you tell me the destinations I frequently visit? It’s my pictures📸) Mr Norwaylady and I have a personal door sign. So since this «ladies only» trip is something we will continue to do (fingers crossed, knock on woods…) we needed a proper door sign! We will spend the night before our cruise in hotel Medinaceli, Barcelona. It’s located a short walk from the bus stop for the cruise bus. Fingers crossed it will work out well😇 The warm up to this cruise has been crazy. Winter has been holding on…❄️🥶❄️ still nightly frost and snow just outside of Oslo on May 6. Mr & I had a tour de family in northern Norway 🇳🇴 from 5-21.5 (that means housekeeping, private chef and butler duty for us aka Norwaylady) Our nephews birthdays and confirmation party for the oldest. And squeeze in the national day 17.May🥳🇳🇴🥳🇳🇴 So it’s been a full schedule. (Our nephews has a Swedish dad, so 50% of the guests arrived from there, so of course “service team” takes one for the family) Aunt Norwaylady has been in service mode🫡 baking cakes, making waffles, cooking breakfast, lunch and dinners. Cleaning cabins and housekeeping for 14.days. (So don’t say I don’t appreciate the crew onboard❤️ they work very hard 24/7. They have my full sympathy of hard work) We have to make the best of it, so of course we had squeezed in some fishing😁 home office, service duties and more fishing 🎣 Weather was cooperating😎 So time for fishing and boat trips. Halibut, cod, catfish, tusk, sea trout and herring🐟🎣🐟 So I have eaten and prepared fish 12 out of 14 days before departure😂😂🤩 (so Chefs onboard…. You are notified😅) I know my fishes and how to cook them😌

❤️❤️❤️🕺🏻🫶🏻 Safe travels home🤩 Will you do a live from Japan? I just arrived home, switching suitcases before it’s time to hit the ocean⚓️

Looks like your having a great time😎🥰 very happy for you😊 Chefs table looks great! I have just collected my suitcase and will start packing for my arrival onboard when you walk off🥹

Have a great day in Victoria😎🕺🏻 It’s been a pleasure following your sailing🥰🥳 * as a notice for bubble, after the change in routine, you need to ask for your bobble bottle…… we have “lost” a lot of them. Since you need to request it. I don’t understand why they just can’t leave it in the stateroom or just ask if you want it placed inside your cabin not chilled on arrival. (We always bring it home)

Great👍🏻🤩

Have a wonderful journey! we did this sailing before covid, it’s a nice itinerary😎 Keep her well, I’m checking in when you leave😉

Have a great day touring🤩🕺🏻😎 I can report that we had great luck 🍀 on our fishing line😁 Cod, Halibut, Catfish and tusk🐟🐟🐟🐟 so around 50kg/110 pounds🎣

Honolulu🌴 please take me back🤩😎 enjoy the islands☺️ we had a great time in October🥰 Looking forward to seeing them again by you🤩 we had double digits yesterday😁 So spring is on its way to northern Norway😉 we can see the snow melting in the mountains every day😎 it’s melted a lot since we arrived on Saturday. We have been fishing daily, love to be on the ocean. We have used fishing net. We need herring for bate to get bigger fishes, halibut😇 It’s mostly herring and some good sized sea trouts (they are a big bonus in the net)😊 So we are not starving😋 yesterday we loaded the fish line. Put on pieces of herring and put in the ocean. So fingers crossed for a big halibut today😇

So great to follow you Ken😎🕺🏻 Really enjoying your trip. The weather looks great! it’s still frosty nights…. And it snowed again on Monday🫣❄️🥶 luckily it didn’t stay. We drove from Oslo to Jektvik last evening and arriving now…. So crossing the article circle on the ferry this second😉 It was -6 on the coldest point during the nights drive. And lots of snow in the mountains and early spring. outside temperature is +6 and cold wind🥶🥶🥶 So wool is gold🐑🐑🐑🥰

Have a great day in BCN😎

So sorry to hear❤️ My sincerest condolence for you at this time.

Fun to follow your adventure🥰 SIL is a great ship and the crew works their socks off to be the best group.

Really enjoying your pictures🥰 we have only sailed the partial cruise, Gatun locks/Colon on X. But this just shows why we must do the full Panama Canal cruise🤩🤩🤩

Enjoy your sailing😎 Great to follow your adventure!

Oh..... I miss NZ❤️ So happy you enjoyed the day. May the rest of your visit to NZ be perfect. We had a private tour to the caves, so we were spoiled. Its very fascinating! Oslo can report of big snowflakes falling down🤨 Not a happy camper...... even the cats is angry and upset looking out of the window🥶.

We were b2b on Silhouette from 27 March to 10 April this Easter this year. 10+4. Turnaround day was 6.April. it was lots of multigenerational families. Many from U.K. and lots of US families on the 10.days sailing. So at least 100+ children on the first part. On the 4-days sailing it was a million kids😝 The age went down drastically and it was a completely different vibe on the ship. Families and young couple’s. Feeling as a packed Rccl cruise.

This is the drop-in hours for Kollensvevet: Lørdag = Saturday Søndag = Sunday Alle Dager = All days So in July&August is open everyday. In the lower season its weekends and in June from 17.6.23 they are open daily for drop/in. ZIPLINE‍AprilLørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 16:00 ‍Mai Lørdag 6. mai 14:30 - 17:00 (grunnet arrangement) Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 17:00 ‍Juni – til og med 16.juni:Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 17:00 Juni – fra og med 17.juni: Mandag – Fredag 11:00 – 16:00Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 17:00‍Juli:Alle dager 11:00 – 17:00 August:Alle dager 11:00 – 17:00 September:Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 17:00 Oktober:Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 16:00November:Lørdag & Søndag 11:00 – 16:00‍‍ Sorry for late reply. I have been on a cruise during the easter and its been crazy after arrival back in Norway🤪

Is there someone who can post a daily cruise compass from a sailing? We are considering booking a British Isle cruise. FO routs are more of what we want.... We normally sail X. As you can see from my signature, we have tried different cruises and size. I have been on a ship visitt on Bolette, not scared off by the ship or cabins I visited. Was able to see a window, JS, terrace and port hole. We normally eat late 20.30 and on X the show is before dinner at 19.00 so it fits us very well. We are "finished" for the day after dinner.

Bon Voyage! Enjoy your sailing. Best of wishes for a speedy recovery for your mother❤️

So happy you enjoyed the tour of the opera house! It's spectacular from a construction and architect view.... So I love it. Bon Voyage for the next part of your b2b🥰 Fingers crossed for a functional wifi and smooth seas😇

Bon Voyage🕺🏻⚓️❤️ looking forward to your report😁

Fingers crossed all goes well❤️🕺🏻 Looks like your having a good time😎 Really happy for your sailing and the possibility to follow you⚓️

Sorry in advance Ken😅 We will be on the younger side of the guest range, but again.... so are we in celebrity and on all river cruises.... So we are not scared off! Ship was very promising. I was able to visit some cabins that were not occupied. Inside, window, terrace deck, balcony, js. For similar cabin as on X, we need to book JS. I had lunch in the buffet (everyone knows it not the best selling point for me🥴) but it was serving by crew and they had lots of fish. So I was very satisfied. All-in-all, I can see us booking a British isle cruise to try them out more.

So happy to have breakfast and reading that you have arrived safe and uneventful🕺🏻❤️ It’s the same captain, hotel manager as our Alaska+Hawaii sailing. Really jealous on your Sydney harbour walk🤩 That view is always spectacular…. (I will “drown” my jealousy on a ship visit today😌⚓️ Fred Olsen is arriving in Oslo, Bolette) We are considering a British cruise, so I called and asked if I could visit for a view and feel the vibe of the ship….. They called me back and said yes🥰

Its soon May! That means constitutions day, 17.may. Its a BIG celebration in Norway. https://www.visitoslo.com/en/whats-on/17-may/