Today was a much welcome Sea Day after five long days in a row visiting ports. The weather was actually nice today as we head over to Copenhagen. Many of the people we have met on board so far are disembarking in Copenhagen, which was the start and now stop port for the 11 Day Baltic Cruise segment that started three days before we boarded in Warnemunde.
We have met a group of Australians that have been fun to talk to and visit with. There are 18 of them travelling together, and unfortunately, they get off of the ship in Copenhagen. They are from Alice Springs, which apparently is in the central part of Australia.
Yesterday, we were also surprised to find out that one of our favorite bartenders, Nemo, joined the ship just two cruises ago, and it was great to see him again yesterday at the Mermaid Bar by the pool. Unfortunately, he is assigned to the Mermaid Bar, an outside bar by the pool, and it is too cool at night to stay out there long to visit with him.
We were very lazy today, getting up around 9:00 AM, and not getting out of the room until about 10:30 AM for breakfast. We did not do a whole lot today, just rested, but I was able to do several blog posts and add some photos. The posts are certainly shorter than normal, which may be a good thing. Having so many port days in a row makes it really difficult to spend much time on the blog posts, and we get behind, and don’t have a lot of time to add much detail in the interest of making sure we are covering the highlights of each day.
We have three more port days until the next sea day, so I am not sure how much more we will get to update the blog before then. Having the five port days in a row really got us behind on the blog, and not taking advantage of the first Sea Day, the day after we boarded the ship, to catch up from our pre-cruise stay did not help either.
The Øresund Bridge
We were scheduled to pass under a large bridge tonight at about 10:00 PM that connects Denmark and Sweden, the Øresund Bridge. We approached the bridge just as the last light of the day was fading, and it was really windy and rainy, but it was quite a sight to see. I am sure there was more clearance than it looked, but from the open decks, it looked like it was only a few feet. The bridge is both a large suspension bridge and then the roadway eventually goes into a tunnel beneath the water. It is used for both the railway and as a motorway. In total, the bridge and roadway is about 5 miles long, and the tunnel is another 2.5 miles. We were told by the Crooner’s staff that it was much nicer to see earlier in the summer when the days were longer, and it was more daylight, and of course, the rain did not help. It was still amazing.
Passing Under The Øresund Bridge
After the bridge event, we headed back to the cabin for the night. We have a long day in Copenhagen tomorrow, so we did not want to stay out too late.