Costa Magica Baltic Capitals 2nd July

[joetrizeo]

Geoff and Jan! My brothers, Dad and I say hello, and have a great trip! Let us know how it goes when you come back if you can.

 

Congrats to your daughter too! What did she take up in college?

 

-Jim

[packercruising]

Have a terrific time! That was a great idea for a cruise! :)

 

Don't forget to post when you get back.

[jpm1919]

Geoff:

 

We just did this cruise a few weeks ago. Outstanding! We stayed in Copenhagen one night each before and after. Tivoli is a must and the entire surrounding area (Stogert) as well. Lots of shopping, cafes, interesting architecture. It's quite walkable. If you are not staying here at all, you'll most likely have to take a cab to this area as it's not walkable from the port.

 

Tallin: We just walked around the Old City. It's about a 10 min walk from the port. Lots of shopping and cafes there as well. Very quiet town and almost surreal. Check out the bakery on the main Old Town drag on the way in or out!

 

St Petersburg: We didn't want to gets visas for just one day so we took the Palace/Canal tour through Costa. It was nine hours and included lunch. We're not the bus tour kind of guys but we were very impressed with the structure of the tour, the number of sites we saw, and the wealth of information (both historical and present day) that the excellent tour guide provided. It was an incredible day. Very, very memorable.

 

Helsinki: Downtown is within walking distance from the port. Beautiful city. We were there on some local holiday so nearly everything was closed. We just walked for the entire afternoon (the only sunny day that week) and enjoyed several coffee stops as cafes were about all that were open.

 

Stockholm: Another beautiful city within walking distance of the port. Gamala Stan (the Old City) is beautiful. Lots of narrow, winding streets with shops and cafes. Cross a street and you're in the new part of town. Big department stores and restaurants and hotels. We just walked the entire day.

 

We used a Foror's Scandinavian Guide Book and did all the walking tours they had for Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen so you'll get all the visual highlights. This itinerary was one of our favorites because with the exception of St. Petersburg, all the cities are pretty compact and very walkable. Bring your umbrellas, though! We had only one day were it didn't rain pretty much all day. But it never dampened our spirits.

 

Loved the Magica, too. Sailing the Carribbean on her this fall.

 

Brian

 

Brian,

 

Thanks for the information. Can you confirm where you had to tender?

 

Janette

[SailingOceansBlue]

Janette:

 

We docked at all ports. No tendering. With the exception of St. Petersburg all the city centers were within walking distance of the dock.

 

Brian

[packercruising]

Hi Jeff

Leave for Copenhagen this saturday (and hunting for a television showing the q final as soon as we arrive) and board Sunday pm

 

Jan is doing well (hunky dory...or chioppe to you)thanksJeff. Dropped back badly after the Caribbean Cruise and it all looked a bit grim but the chemo has kicked in and shes is doing well despite some nasty side effects that I won't go into here

 

Onwarsd and upwards. Daugheter has jsut graduated from uni so something else to look fwd to on our return (graduation ceremony)

 

Love to Lynette

 

Geoff

 

Hey Blowers, I am dredging up this forum wondering how the Copenhagen trip went. We hope that you and Jan are doing well.

 

Please e-mail me at j b e n h a m @ m i l w p c . c o m (without the spaces:) ) or just post.

 

Sorry having the England Jersey didn't help them much:( But don't feel bad, my Packer t's don't help them much either:rolleyes:

[putte]

Hello Blowers

Hello

Fun to hear that you are going to the Baltic Sea for this summer. I think you will have a really nice time. I live in Sweden so would love to give you some great information about places to visit when you are in Sweden.

I have always been interested in cruise ships and I love to photograph them. Last summer Costa Magica did here debut her in the Scandinavian waters and I think she look beautiful. Fun to have her back this year again. I will soon post pictures of her when se visited us last summer. My homepage is www.shipimage.com and at the moment you can check out pictures of Costa Atlantica in the cruise ship section.

I would like to give you an advice. Stockholm is really nice, but PLEASE don’t forget to visit Magica`s sundeck to watch our amazing archipelago that you will be cruising trough during 3 hour before you get your first glimpse of Stockholm. Our archipelago consists of 1000`s mini island’s in different seizes. Later on this spring I will make something very special that a lot of people will find interesting on my homepage.