Toward the end of our cruise, we were in the North Sea. I was filming from our balcony as I always did, but rushed inside to get a shot of something out of the bedroom window, when a huge wave swept over the bow & came in thru the balcony door! Lucky for me that I came in or I'd still be mourning the loss of my XLH1!
This was in Dublin, Ireland, where we got off the ship to eat at a pub and walk around briefly, catching this street performer.
A very quick trip to Belfast, Ireland; didn't turn out the way we had hoped.
I was up and on the balcony at 5 am looking for the monument to the Covenanters who died when the ship they were on, the Crown of London, sank. My 8th Great-Grandfather was one of the few survivors. I did get it, but didn't realize it until I got home and was editing the footage!
Aboard Azamara Journey we went to Falmouth Cornwall England. It rained the entire day which cancelled the boat show they had scheduled in town, but we still enjoyed watching the harbor.
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Cruisecritics meeting Azamara Journey July 31, 2008
Just an informal meeting of a bunch of cruising fanatics called cruise critics; we met in the library on the 2nd day of the cruise. My apologies to those that I missed filming!
On the Azamara Journey leaving out of Copenhagen, Denmark on July 31, 2008. (Langelinie pier.) If you ever get to cruise out of this port, make sure you go a day early so you can see the city! It's beautiful, but since I missed my connecting flight in Paris & got there late, my friend, Diane, and I only got to see what was between the airport & the pier on our mad dash to make the ship!
Going thru the lock and passing the city and lighthouse
During my brief visit to Edinburgh, I was picked up by relatives who showed me around the family's historic sites, which included the original old stone part of the house that my great-great-great grandparents lived in over 400 years ago.
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Rough time getting out of Amsterdam!
After heading down several miles of canal with the wind picking up, it was so bad by the time we reached the lock, we had to have a tug help us out. The captain said it was the toughest thing he's had to do to this point!
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