When I awoke this morning at 6:00 AM, we were already tied up at the pier in Hamburg, and the cruise was officially over. I woke up before the wake up call set at 7:00 AM, thinking that maybe we needed a little more time to get ready and finish our packing. I went ahead and showered while Stephanie slept just a little longer. I headed down to the International…
It was very cloudy and cold outside when we woke up this morning. We slept good in the bed, but we were either too hot or too cold with the duvet, or down filled cover, that is used as a the only top cover in most places in Germany. It is a little thick, so you get hot when it covers you and then if you take it off, you…
It was a beautiful sunny morning when I woke up at 6:30 AM. We were looking forward to having a nice sunny, but cold day according to the weather forecast. I worked on the computer for a little while, processing some photos from yesterday before I woke Stephanie up. She was suffering a little from a slight cold, so it was good to let her sleep in a little longer. …
We had another beautiful sunrise this morning, it starts to get light at about 6:00 AM, and it gets quite bright in the room with the large windows, even with the shear curtains closed. I went ahead and got up at about 6:00 AM, it was just too light outside and inside for me to sleep. I worked on the blog postings while Stephanie slept in a little while longer. …
We went to bed last night at a reasonable hour, around 10:00 PM, knowing we would be getting up early this morning for our travels home. We set an alarm for 5:20 AM, and also had a back up wake up call set for 5:30 AM, not knowing how reliable either would be. Stephanie had to reset the time on her phone for the alarm, and we did not have…