Copenhagen/Oslo

Sept 4th through 7th

I didn’t realize I haven’t written anything for so long, so I’ll do my best to recall these past few days.
4th – a sea day. Nothing really happened, we just had a production show and that was about it. That night though, we did go under a bridge into Denmark. It’s a lot cooler than it sounds, but we had to pass under this bridge that ends up being about 3 feet away from the top of our ship, so it’s kind of cool watching us come so close. And “three feet” were the Captain’s words, so it’s not me exaggerating. But other than that, not much.
5th – Copenhagen. This was a fun day, Copenhagen is a great city. This s another one of those cities that I’d describe as “hip”. You can find a lot of cool stores and it has a very modern feel and some great history and architecture. Where as Gdansk and Tallinn seemed more like a historical place to visit, Copenhagan (like Stockholm) is a living, breathing city where stuff is really happening. I spent the day walking around, which was unfortunately cut a little short by a rehearsal I had. But in my 4 or 5 hours of walking, I covered a lot of area and took a bunch of pics. I stopped in a couple great churches, went in a few stores, and got a baguette that was amazing. Unfortunately, I miss timed my lunch, because when I was hungry and looking for a place to eat, all the cafés had closed their kitchen’s till 5, after the ship had left. But I did see a lot of cool stuff and was glad to be able to walk through the city. Copenhagen would be another one of those cities I’d love to return to. Like Stockholm, most people speak English, so that makes it really nice for communication. Check the pics though! I left out a few pics because they might not have been exactly family appropriate, but between the Museum Erotica I walked past and a couple clubs, I came back with some humorous shots. I guess you’ll just have to grab them when I get back in January.
6th – Oslo. Oslo…a port I was really looking forward to, kindof let me down. I had signed up for a tour entitled “Norwegian Adventure” cause it sounded like fun. Well, t turned out to be a tour group that got rushed through 3 different Maritime Museums. They were ok museums, but we didn’t really have a lot of time to appreciate them, and the tour guide wasn’t exactly the best either. So I got to see a lot of model ships, a short film that showed different parts of Norway, a few Viking ships, and then head back. It sounds like it almost could have been cool, but my head wasn’t in the right place to really appreciate it all, good thing I had a camera. The time spent in port was extremely limited anyways, so I was bummed that I couldn’t walk around the city afterwards either. So it maybe didn’t go to plan, and the less than adventurous tour didn’t really do it for me, but I got some ok pics here and there. We had the Elton John show that night though, which isn’t bad.
7th – Sea day. I’m writing this on the 7th around 3:00 PM. This morning I slept till my rehearsal at 12:00, and really don’t have anything else of importance till the farewell shows tonight. After that, I’ll probably end up in the Dungeon as usual for the last day of the cruise. I doubt there’s going to be much going on because of the average age of the guests. Tomorrow we’ll be back in Southampton, so I should probably get my pics together and try to get online. We’ll see what happens, but it’s been so long since I’ve been able to get online with my computer. Anyways, Thanks for reading, seeya!