Dateline June 11, 2016 – Sorrento, Pompeii and Rome Italy

Sorrento
We took a morning train from Florence thru Rome to Naples to change train lines to Sorrento.  The Italian first class trains are like flying first class on a major airline, very comfortable and free WIFI!   We found the station for the Circumvesuviana Railway Company that operates the ser...

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Dateline May 26, 2016 – Behind the “Iron Curtain” Eastern Europe

The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the...

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Dateline May 17, 2016 – The Baltics

We started out from Copenhagen on the Baltic Capitals adventure.  Since we decided to post Saint Petersburg as it own post, here are the other ports starting with Copenhagen.
Copenhagen
The Norwegian Star uses Copenhagen as its starting port for both the Baltic and Norway Fyord cruises.  We were f...

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