So far we are still on deck for our vacation. We did home covid tests yesterday just for reassurance (both negative), and had our ”official” lab tests this morning to enable us to get on a cruise ship by the end of the week.
This is my retirement trip, delayed from last summer due to covid. If anything screws this up, I may need to be put into restraints. We do have trip insurance, so if those covid tests surprise us, we’re covered. BUT. I’d be really pissed off. We’ve been REALLY careful about exposure in the past few weeks.
So, where are we going? We decided on a Scandinavian/Baltic cruise. We fell in love with Viking cruises when we did one just before the pandemic shutdown, and signed up for this before that cruise was over. We fly into London, spend a couple of days there, then the cruise goes to Scotland for a few stops. The majority of the trip is along the northern Norwegian coast, going up to the Arctic Circle before heading back, then to Denmark, one stop with a bus trip to Berlin, a stop in Gdansk, Poland, ending up in Sweden. We disembark in Stockholm. We’re making a short stop in Iceland on the flight back. We’ll be gone close to five weeks. The ship was supposed to dock in St. Petersburg, but obviously that’s not happening.
I have everything staged to pack. Not surprisingly, I’ve agonized more over the knitting/spinning projects than anything else. I do believe that there may be a few yarn-acquisition opportunities on the cruise (Shetland islands, all of Norway!). So I’m trying to not overpack and leave a little room for souvenir yarn.
After some dithering, here are the spinning projects I’m taking:
Fingers crossed for those Covid tests!
*And yes, the house, the cats, and the yarn stash will be carefully guarded while we’re away-we have a house sitter!
I’m so jelly! Have the best time!!! Four years ago we went to Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and ended up in London. While in Finland, we looked across this body of water towards Russia. As badly as we would have loved to have visited St. Petersburg, even then, it was dicey. Such a shame. Anyway, enjoy it all!
Enjoy! Can’t wait to see the photos
You are going to have a wonderful time. Being restrained in yarn shopping is going to be a real challenge to not buy yarn for the sake of just buying yarn. Shetlands are wonderful – even more so, check in at the Museums – there are books there published by the guilds on history, patterns, knitting that are not available anywhere else that I have found. Not that you need more books/patterns or anything…
And every town in Norway has yarn. The challenge used to be getting Husfliden to sell just patterns (they assume that you need yarn and pattern). Reasoning that yarn is just too bulky worked for me a few times.
Keep us posted. If not on the ship – most Norwegian coffee shops as well as grocery stores have wifi…
What a wonderful trip! Perfect to mark your retirement, even if it is a year late. Your spinning will be great for the days at sea.
Oh, what a wonderful trip; fingers very much crossed for you. And of course you planned your projects before packing other things: how else would one plan for a trip?
Sitting here in Texas where we’ve been over 100 every day for three weeks and apparently have two more months to go, I think I hate you. :} Have a lovely time and think of us, sweltering.
Fabulous trip! All in my bucket and have been for quite a while. We had res several years ago to go to Norway, Denmark, etc.Martha Stewart ruined the Svalbard part of the trip. Wanted very much to see the Isak Dinesen Museum and house and do a somewhat literary tour in Norway; Sigrid Undset is a favorite author. And who doesn’t love a guy named Knut! And, of course, that yarn!
You are taking my dream trip! Can’t wait to hear all about it, and see some wonderful pictures. I haven’t been to Scandinavia since I was 17 – over 50(yikes!) years ago visiting family. Have a wonderful trip!
Wow. That’s quite some trip. Sounds wonderful.
You? Dither? Naaaaaaah.