Category: Blog
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Canals and Fjords with Lewie the Lion Day 1
It is absolutely nothing unusual for me to be awake at 04:00 when I am on holiday, but that is normally because I am jet lagged. I did not expect this to happen in my own country. Thankfully, I fell asleep again about an hour later. I woke up again around 07:30 and figured that this was an acceptable…
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Canals and Fjords with Lewie the Lion Day 0
This day had worked out a little differently than originally planned, but that was all good. The original plan was for me to work an early shift that day and then take the train to London after work. I had requested a work from home day the previous week to avoid any commuting disasters. However,…
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Where The Wild Things Are – Day 3
We slept quite well again. We had not set an alarm as we were on no specific timetable that day and figured that we would be awake quite early anyway. This turned out to be accurate as we were awake just before 08:00. We got up, took turns having a shower and then headed downstairs…
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Where The Wild Things Are – Day 2
Despite a much smaller bed than what we are normally used to, a hot night and the odd train rumbling past, we had slept surprisingly well. We got up, got ready and headed for breakfast. One of the reasons I like the Holiday Inn Express brand is that breakfast is included. It is nothing fancy…
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Where The Wild Things Are – Day 1
This was supposed to be our last mini trip together for the year. I had a bonus trip planned later in the year, but with two larger trips still coming up, the scope for mini trips was very limited. However, within less than a week after this trip, this all changed. Out of the various…
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A Last Hurrah For The Last Frontier – Wrap Up
As a rule, I do not do a wrap up post, but every now and again, I feel motivated to do so. As his holiday marked the end of one chapter in my life, I thought it would be a good idea to share some final thoughts. Since our honeymoon in 1998, the USA has…
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A Last Hurrah For The Last Frontier Day 19
I had set our alarm for 07:00, but I was awake just before then as there was a debarkation announcement. We had arrived back in Vancouver around midnight, but there were still some delays. We got up when the alarm went off. We got ready and packed the last odds and ends. I took a quick photo…
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A Last Hurrah For The Last Frontier Day 18
All too soon, the last day of our cruise had arrived. I was utterly miserable. It was an end of an era. I knew that this would be our last time in Alaska and the last time in the USA. I also wondered if I would ever see Ovation again. Graham reminded me that we…
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A Last Hurrah For The Last Frontier Day 17
We had reached this point in the trip where everything seems to happen at warp speed. We were not in a particular rush that day. It was a sea day, and we had brunch booked that day. We got up around 08:00 and got ready. Graham had decided it was time to pack. That thought was just…
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A Last Hurrah For The Last Frontier Day 16
This was our last port day, and it so happened that this was our favourite port in Alaska, Icy Strait Point. We got up at 07:00. We passed on breakfast that morning as we wanted to get going as soon as we could and we were due to be allowed off at 07:30. We got…
