Whirled Travels

Bonjour! This post begins where Le Verdron left off earlier today! It is still Jun 9th, 2022. We pushed off from the dock at Le Verdron at about noon. We have about four hours...

Bonjour, We came in to Le Verdon early, under gray skies again. We get our tugboat assist about the same time as the pilot boat arrives! A short while later we are snugging up...

Bonjour! Comment vas-tu? (Hello! How are you?) We woke early to see it was gray, cold, and windy! Land was not exciting. Then a tug came to assist us. I love watching these guys!...

Bonjour! Comment allez vous? (Hello! How are you?) The weather forecast calls for rain all day, but there are pockets of clear skies as we enter the harbor in Honfleur on Jun 6th, 2022! ...

Hyvää huomenta, Bonjour, Guten morgen! Oh, I’m so confused! Flemish! French! German! Oh, my! They speak all three  – which language should I use here? It was English! It was another cold drizzly morning...

Hallo! Goedemorgen! (Hello! Good morning!) Another overcast morning covered our arrival in Rotterdam on un 4th, 2022. Although I woke up an hour before “arrival time” we were already snugging up to the pier....

Hallo! Guten morgen! (Hello! Good morning!) We arrived in Kiel under heavily clouded skies on Jun 2nd, 2022. A short way into the Kiel Fjord I saw this cluster of tents on shore –...

Hej! Godmorgen! (Hello! Good morning!) Another gloomy arrival, with more rain in the forecast as we arrive in Ronne on Jun 1st, 2022. We pull through the breakwaters… …then immediately begin turning around! It...

Hej, och god morgon! (Hello, and good morning!) Another overcast day greets us in Stockholm on May 29th, 2022. We turn out of the channel… …and pull straight ahead into our berth at the...

Hyvää huomenta! (Good morning!) Cold, overcast skies accompanied us as we arrived at Mariehamn’s Svibyviken Bay on May 28th, 2022. This lonely house appears on the port side. There is nothing else on this...

Hyvää huomenta! (Good morning!) It was raining steadily, the temperature only 42 degees F when we arrived in Helsinki on May 27th, 2022. The harbor is tiny, and we pulled in, turned around. Today...

Tere! (Hello!) We were socked in with fog as we approached Tallinn on May 26th, 2022. Fortunately we weren’t docking until noon – visibility raised to about a half mile by then. But then...

Labdien! We sailed in to Riga on May 25th, 2022. We had partly cloudy skies with a promise of rain showers. The ship begins its swing around to the dock. We see some very...

Labas! We awoke to the rumble of engines as we slow and turn to our docking berth on May 24th, 2022. The sun was shining, but it still wasn’t even 6:00 AM, so I...

Dzien dobry! (Good day!) At 5:30 AM the sun was already bright when we entered Gdansk’s waters on May 23rd, 2022. A tug joined us by 6 AM, and ended up pulling us backwards...

Hallo! Guten morgen! We arrived at Warnemünde very early on May 21st, 2022. Even so, the sun still beat us in. The clouds promised rain throughout the day. We had to be up super...

Hallo! We came in to Travemünde on May 20th, 2022, with mostly cloudy skies, and light sprinkles of rain. Our docking spot is right in front of town! How sweet is this? We have...

Hej, godmorgen! (Hi, good morning!) It was a very early arrival in Copenhagen on May 17th, 2022! The horizon was beautiful! We see a magnificent castle in the haze behind us. I didn’t realize...

Hei, god morgen again! We have another lovely arrival, gliding in to Oslo on May 16th, 2022! Just like yesterday, we see cute little villages on the hillsides! Then we slide by this beautiful...