ROZO'SBEAU

Classic and Traditional...I see myself that way (humbly)...and HAL fills that bill just fine. Teak decks, fixed seating, late dinner option, subdued decor, fabulous itineraries, no hairy chest or wet tee-shirt contests. I would call it a niche, but I can understand why others wouldn't. I do agree the staff service is what truly sets HAL apart from all others in their category.

For Copenhagen Freeport you find all information here:

 

http://www.heinbloed-on-tour.de/

 

Regards

HeinBloed

Unfortunately that did not help for Copenhagen

My wife and I honeymooned on the Nordic Prince on a 10-day sail out of Miami, which visited the ports of St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Martinique, Antiqua, and Barbados. That was Nov. 6, 1988, and the Captain was Osten Andreassen. To our delight and surprise, he had him again as our Captain again two and a half years later onboard the Song of America on a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise. We loved his voice coming over the loudspeaker, and I got pretty good at imitating him (I thought so, at least). We were not used to his accent, and we were often suspicious that he belted a few drinks before getting on the loudspeaker... but it was probably just us under the influence:p. But he always got us safely there and back, so we salute you Capt. Andreassen, wherever you may be!:cool:

 

Jim

My wife and I took the same 10 day Itinerary on NP back in 1986. Fun trip. My memories include...

(1) seeing malnourished sheep on Antigua that we thought were goats

(2) touring Princess Margaret's honeymoon villa overlooking Nelson's dockyard

(3) snorkling over at St John's and hand feeding some rays

(4) eating flying fish in Barbados (YUM!)

(5) having the excursion desk (then manned by the cruise staff) make a call to Barbados to arrange a visit to the Mount Gay factory (that was before they had organized tours there) and having the plant manager present us with two liters of Mt, Gay Eclipse for just being interested enough to visit

(6) visiting and shopping at Roger Albert in Martinique (eau de cologne, et alia)

(7) enjoying the ambience of Marigot on the French side of St Martaan

(8) buying poolside drinks and taking the empty glasses back to our cabin, mixing our own, and sauntering back topside with full glasses...that's when you could bring your own booze onboard.

I've outgrown two tuxedos since that trip...we're still cruising and loving it!

Beau

Our first adventure into this realm was a 1975 TransAtlantic crossing on the Italian Line's Leonardo DaVinci. We opted to go first class (class breaking was severely discouraged). It was magnificent as the trip went from Boston to Naples via Lisbon and then other ports where we dropped off Passengers.

The food was to die for and the wine was unbelievably inexpensive

We liked it so much, we repeated the trip again in 1977, first class again, New York to Genoa. This was the last official Italian Line crossing for the Leonardo.

Bob

Our first adventure into this realm was a 1975 TransAtlantic crossing on the Italian Line's Leonardo DaVinci. We opted to go first class (class breaking was severely discouraged). It was magnificent as the trip went from Boston to Naples via Lisbon and then other ports where we dropped off Passengers.

The food was to die for and the wine was unbelievably inexpensive

We liked it so much, we repeated the trip again in 1977, first class again, New York to Genoa. This was the last official Italian Line crossing for the Leonardo.

Bob