Heading to the airport in an hour to fly to Copenhagen for a few days, then depart for a Baltic cruise, leaving from Copenhagen Thursday, stopping at Sweden, Finland, St. Petersburg-Russia ( I have to say it that way as living in Florida, people can't understand what is so exciting about going to St. Pete...Tampa right?), Estonia, Poland, Norway, and back to Denmark. Really excited to see what some of Russia is like these days. My wife just keeps saying "Russia...whoa!"

Might not be able to visit this site as it is tough to say what internet access I may find, though last spring in the Med it was decent from the ship.

Lucky for me I chose to take some vacation time right now, what with the fires threatening the area near JPL. All the pictures I see are places that I drive by every day. Scary. Got an e-mail message that they are closing the lab to non-essential personnel. Hope everyone gets through this all right.

Y'all be safe.

Yo Frankster, have a safe n fun trip. My favorite daughter will be in Florence Italy this fall and the first wife (Lucky Julie T) is going to Rome and Munich, where my middle son is gonna also visit n they all get together,,,,, they couldnt talk me into going IM A FRAIDY CAT TO FLY ESP THAT FAR.

Stop by n say hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Godspeed

Your Old friend, John T

Frank,

You take care and have a good time over there. Hope the trip is enjoyable for you and the family. I'll be thinking of you here since we are having mid to high 40 degree temps in the mornings back here in WV.

Drop a line when you get back.

Frank in WV

Had a really nice tour of the city yesterday, complete with the changing of the guard at the palace and a visit to Rodan's "The Thinker". Saw the harbor with the "Little Mermaid" Statue. Checking out around noon and heading to the boat to set sail around 6 pm. Copenhagen is a very nice, safe, clean and extremely quiet city. Never heard so much as one beep of a car horn.

Nice pictures Frank. Some day I would like to travel abroad. Thanks for sharing.

Made it home after a 26 hour day. Got up at 6 am in Copenhagen, midnight eastern time, then had a passenger get ill over Greenland, and they diverted us to Montreal for a five hour wait. Missed flights, but got out on the last one to Tallahassee, and into bed at 2 am. Safe and sound, and mostly sane. Ah, the joys of travel. Nice trip. Lots of scenery and great history. I put some photos on Facebook as it is a good place for my family and friends to find them. Just search for Frank Boerger, and you can even see a few photos of your truly.

Welcome home Frankster,,,,,,,,,Cool Pics,,,,The first wife leaves Thursday for Rome and Munich, but I'm staying home going to pick a banjo at Bluegrass Jams the next 2 weekends wooooooooooo hoooooooooooo Goin up Cripple Creek ........

Ol John T (Stay in the US stuck in the mud fuddy duddy)

Glad to see you made it home ok FIT. I was getting a little concerened that the Russian's might decide to keep you over there & try to drain your smart's. They must not have any two cylinder Deere's or you would have been a goner! lol
M-MAN

So which was better or do you recommend more, this one or last years Mediterranean cruise?

Actually both cruises were this year, the Med in February and the Baltic in September. Prior to this, we travelled by motor coach tours, and probably will next year when we go to central Europe, unless we take a river cruise from the north to the south.

The two areas are very different places, one is very north, and the other very south as well as east. It's tough to compare Egypt or Greece with Russia or Norway. Both areas have such long and interesting histories that they both make interesting visits. The natural scenery was more vibrant in the north, and the 16th century and forward history was more impressive. Now in the south, the land is more sparse, deserts and rocks, but it's tough to beat the Parthenon or the Giza pyramids when it comes to a "Wow" moment.

I guess I’ll just have to put both of them on my list of must see’s.
Thanks for the reviews.