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Having enjoyed our Norwegian Cruise last year we jumped at the chance to explore The Baltic when invited to do so with our friends John and Penny. The holiday was greatly enhanced by meeting old friends in Stockholm.
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| Regular visitors may remember that we went cruising to Norway last year and while in Bergen we saw Britannia - this year we cruised the Baltic in Britannia | ||
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| We sailed from Southampton and had a total of five days at sea, returning to Southampton on the 15th Day |
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| Leaving Stockholm | ||
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| Penny and John waiting for the boat trip - it was 9C in St Petersburg whilst it was in the 30's back home! | Aurora - The battleship that fired a deafening warning shot, marking the climax of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik storm of the Winter Palace where members of Russia’s provisional government are holed up. | |
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| On board the boat: Liz, John and Penny | ||
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| A hydrofoil | ||
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| Inside the Cathedral of the Spilt Blood, St Petersburg | ||
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| The rooftops of Tallinn. Note the Photoshop edit in the enlarged copies! | ||
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| Liz and a strange friend in Tallinn | ... and with a real friend in Stockholm | |
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| In Stockholm we met up with friends from Petersfield who are living there: John, Liz, John, Rosemary, John and Penny | Everyone photographs the Little Mermaid on Copenhagen - but how many see what she sees: | |
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| The Sibalius Monument in Helsinki | ||
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| Liz photographs a policeman in Stockholm... | ... and the resulting photograph! | |
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| The lonely sea and the sky - Liz paddles where the North Sea meets The Baltic | Sunset shadows onboard Britannia | |
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| Our wonderful on-board waiters: Ashwani, Brandon and Clive | On a boat trip in Copenhagen | |
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| Clive's wedding in December | ||
| We bought a package of photographs taken by P and O staff - here are just a few of us on and around Britannia: | ||
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| John, Liz, Penny, John | ||
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| And next year's cruise? We might have to go down-market! | ||
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