Scandanavia/russia july 6-17 royal review starring florence the tiny zebra

[DoulaAnn]

Marla,

 

Your reviews have been SO entertaining as well as informative. They have me super-excited for our Baltic cruise coming up soon.

 

As for Florence's duct tape issues, if she will sit still for it, a good spritz of Spray n Wash followed by a leisurely amount of time for it to soak in, and then her usual bath might do the trick.

 

Ann

[lizzy77]

Loved your review as we are on the Royal on Sept 2nd. Also using SPB tours in all the ports. Thanks for sharing.

[bcnvcanada]

Loved your review. So full of good information and pictures

We laughed over the seagulls of Finland. Isn't that (Finland) where

Angry Birds' was created? We were not told about the seagulls

but found out about them while seating on the balcony. Thanks

again. Will be looking forward to your future travels.

[ljrlaw]

Thanks so much for your great review! I really enjoyed following Florence throughout northern Europe.

 

We were on the same itinerary out of Warnemunde July 20-31/14. I can advise that we did do the Vasa museum in Stockholm on our own, and while the line-up outside looked huge, we had been forewarned by Rick Steves in his "Northern European Cruise Ports" guide book "not to panic" as the line moved quite quickly. He was right, and we were in the museum in about 10 minutes. We took the English language tour that was provided on an hourly (and possibly more often) basis, and found the museum and the ship fascinating. We used the hop-on/hop-off boat in Stockholm to get to the Vasa, and then to Gamla Stan.

[Wavelet]

Thanks for the funny, frank, informative review. With so much to see and do I'm surprised you had time to write!

Let us know when your next cruise is...I'll be looking forward to another travelogue!

[Egret32]

I can't believe I found this just a week before we board in Stockholm!

 

Lot of insights. Glad I ordered those light rain ponchos. And just made a note to pack binder clips.

 

I'm a professional writer (novelist) and your style is so delightful and engaging, I read all the way to the end. Also, the addition of Florence had special appeal. Only thing missing was some love interest for Florence. You had the death-defying images.

 

Also you are a brilliant mom--but you knew that.