The Cruise Line is Holland America, and the ship is the MS Eurodam with 11 decks, holds 2100 passengers, is 935 feet long, and can do around 24 knots.








Our itinerary is: fly from LAX to Barcelona transferring directly to the ship; cruise to several Spanish ports along the Mediterranean (Valencia and Cartagena), sail through the Straights of Gibraltar (with a stop in Gibraltar), around the Iberian Peninsula stopping at several ports in Spain (Cadiz and Vigo) as well as Lisbon, Portugal; traveling through the Bay of Biscayne to Portland, England; across the English Channel to Cherbourg, France; up to Brugge, Belgium, and then through the North Sea to our final destination Copenhagen, Denmark. We'll stay in Copenhagen two nights before flying back home. The cruise itself is 12 days long - total trip 16 days.

Can we handle a 12-day cruise (our longest yet)? Can we survive the flight over in economy class? Will we win the battle against 2000+ passengers for access to the breakfast buffet?..and my first day on board the ship, I discovered that our "Drink Package" which included 15 free drinks per person per day (including alcohol) is not like roll-over minutes - if you only consume 5 drinks one day, you cannot have 25 the next day. *SIGH*....A true test of our survival skills.


Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Day 11: May 5 - Cherbourg, France

After Portland, England, we crossed the English Channel and arrived in Cherbourg, France early morning.  It was quite breezy, and cold...the weather was picking up.  We didn't have a scheduled tour in Cherbourg, so we caught a shuttle bus to downtown and took a nice horse carriage tour around town.  



Cherbourg was a rather large harbor city with significant traffic,  rather new industrial buildings, and so many of those damned tourists.  Since the city was situated on the Normandy beach area, it suffered from the WWII invasion, corresponding structural damage, and hence had rebuilt.  Nevertheless, there were a few quaint narrow streets and french cafes.  

 We happen to be there just prior to the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

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