We are planning another Transatlantic Cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Copenhagen, Denmark aboard the Regal Princess. The cruise will be 14 days in duration, starting on April 17, 2016 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and ending on May 1, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. We will then stay an additional 3 nights in Copenhagen to explore this city, we have never been to Denmark before in our travels. We will fly…
Planning Update – March 11, 2016
We have begun formulating plans for what we want to do on each of our port stops on this cruise. Ponta Delgada, Azores The first stop is Ponta Delgada in the Azores. We have been to Ponta Delgada once before on the Transatlantic cruise we did for our honeymoon in September, 2008. On this cruise, we are not in port very long, only seven hours, from 7:00 AM until 2:00…
Planning Update – April 1, 2016
Our trip starts in 16 Days from today. We have been putting the final touches on some of our plans, specifically for the cruise port stops. We had originally planned on using the Princess Cruise Shore Excursions for two of the stops, Zeebrugges in Brussels and Rotterdam in The Netherlands. However, based on information we were able to get online, we have decided to go on our own for both…
One Week and Counting Down
It is one week before we leave on this transatlantic journey, and we are pretty well set with our overall plans for the ports of call. We have finalized our route for the sights we plan to see in the Normandy region of France pertaining to the D-Day invasions. We purchased a new Garmin GPS with both European and US maps, and route planing software that enabled us to plan…