Our usual photo post for today will be online 6 to 8 hours later than usual, which will contain photos of our ship and our cabin. If we spot anything special on the 2.5-hour drive to the pier, we’ll certainly include those photos as well.
We both look forward to sharing our exciting adventures on our upcoming transatlantic cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas over 14 nights.
Over the next several mornings we’ll be leaving the ship on private tours to the following locations with more to follow:
1. Monday: Normandy, France – American beaches and cemeteries from World War II.
2. Tuesday: Portland, England – Stonehenge
3. Wednesday: Cork, Ireland – Blarney Castle
On these three days, we’ll make every effort to post late in the day when we return with photos from the tours. On each of these three days, we’ll be leaving the ship at 8:00 am, not returning until 6:00 or 7:00 pm with a mad rush to the dining room for dinner.
In the worst case, we’ll upload a short post explaining when we’ll be back with full posts on each of these experiences, including photos of our upcoming tour in Iceland to see the Northern Lights. We’ll be out to sea for several days and we’ll have plenty of time to upload complete posts of these experiences.
Here’s the actual ship’s itinerary:
| DAY | DATE | PORT | ARRIVE | DEPART | |
| Sun | Aug | 31 | London (Harwich), England | 5:00pm | |
| Mon | Sep | 1 | Paris (Le Havre), France | 7:00am | 9:00pm |
| Tue | Sep | 2 | Portland, England | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Wed | Sep | 3 | Cork (Cobh), Ireland | 10:00am | 4:30pm |
| Thu | Sep | 4 | At Sea | ||
| Fri | Sep | 5 | Klaksvik, Faroe Islands | 9:00am | 6:00pm |
| Sat | Sep | 6 | At Sea | ||
| Sun | Sep | 7 | Reykjavik, Iceland | Noon | |
| Mon | Sep | 8 | Reykjavik, Iceland | 5:00pm | |
| Tue | Sep | 9 | At Sea | ||
| Wed | Sep | 10 | At Sea | ||
| Thu | Sep | 11 | At Sea | ||
| Fri | Sep | 12 | At Sea | ||
| Sat | Sep | 13 | At Sea | ||
| Sun | Sep | 14 | Boston, MA | 6:00am | |
If for any reason, we don’t have a post later today, it will be due to WiFi connectivity issues. We’ll have access to both the ship’s signal and XCOM Global’s MiFi. Hopefully, we won’t have issues with either.
We look forward to sharing our experiences with you in these exciting locations. Thank you to each and every one of our readers worldwide. We always feel as if you are traveling along with us.
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