After gloomy Scotland, we are greeted by a sunny day in Dublin, forecast s for some showers so we take the rain jackets just in case. This morning we go ashore and taken the hop on hop off bus to get a good look around. We have a tour in the arvo to the Guinness Storehouse. The bus commentary is live given by the bus driver who has a very Irish accent and fancies himself as a comedian. It is very entertaining. When we get off the bus we have a bit of a walk aroun...

Sailing in Greenock Harbour its raining and grey and gloomy kind of what I had expected of Scotland. We have booked a tour which will take us into the city of Glasgow and to Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. The drive is not particularly picturesque and the rain and our guide is not helping. I ave no doubt that she knows her stuff but being able to share it in an interesting and engaging way is proving challenging. We are nearer to the back of the bus today and its...

Absolute pea soup this morning. All we can see is the occasional bird flying past. We are approaching very slowly the port of Lerwick. Today we have to use the tender boats to go ashore and getting 2000+ people off he ship on a orderly and timely manner is a finely tuned process. First things first though the United Kingdom Border Security have boarded he ship and everyone must line up in person and present the passports for clearance. The process starts just aft...

Alesund is the further east north that we will go and so we expect it will be cooler today. Not so however. The sun is shining and as per usual the locals are very surprised by this weather! We take the Hop on Hop off bus option this morning to get to a look at the city and surrounds. We have an afternoon tour booked to go to a couple of islands away from the city so this is the best choice for us. On the way up the mountain our double decker bus has to stop quic...

At about 3.30am we apparently entered the Sognefjord . The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the third longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches 205 kilometres inland to the small village of Skjolden. One of us, for some unknown reason is up taking photos and the other one of us is woken up to view the photos! Not happy Jan!!!!!! At a much more civilized time like 6am we are awake again and the scenery from our verandah i...