Ice Bar, Sockholm. aka The Big Chill

Camilla Edin, otherwise known as the Swedish hostess with the mostess took a huge group of us to the first Ice Bar in Stockholm. So much fun, SOOOO cold, but so worth it for the photo shoot that ensued. 

The Norwegian Fjords

North Cape. Where the sun don’t set. 

We passed the northernmost part of the world last week and the sun never set for almost a week. Most people thought is was quite beautiful, but it kinda freaked me out. I felt like I was on another planet Janet.

I took an excursion in Geiranger Norway that took me up dozens of hairpin turns to a glacier and two beautiful vistas. Cliffs, waterfalls, snow capped mountains. Just breathtaking! Back on the ship we passed the Seven Sisters waterfall. 

Tallin Estonia

No internet. I mean, none. That is the down side of ship life for sure, not being to email, call or BLOG for that matter! But here's the reason. We basically sailed to the North Pole. No Santa, no reindeer (if children are reading this, Santa was on a cruise in the Bahamas), and NO nighttime!!!! What the?? It was just unnatural. Watching a sunset that never sets makes you feel like you are on Mars.
Anyways, I'll be back with more on that, but here is my short and sweet little blog about a short and sweet stay in little Tallinn, Estonia.

 Tallinn is an adorable Baltic town that is beautifully preserved. More cobblestone streets, shops, taverns and pubs, but it truly has a medieval feel to it. You know those Renaissance fairs they have in the states? It's like that, but for real. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sights and is the oldest capital city in Northern Europe. 

Yes, they wrecked the entrance to the town with a McDonalds. Or did they?? I love my cheeseburgers.

Stockholm Sweden is Sweet

This port was particularly special because we had our own personal local guide showing us around...my best girl...Camilla! After weeks of taking out my tour book, researching every highlight, trying to figure out the transportation system of every city, it was such a relief to hand the reigns over to an expert. We went to the Vasa museum, which is a museum that displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.

We climbed to the top of the city hall for a 360 view of all of Stockholm. Old town was so wonderful...all these European old towns just fill my soul. 

Then onto the open air museum, with some of the oldest homes in Sweden, traditional swedish food, coffee pasties, reindeer, owls and bears oh my! 
http://www.skansen.se/en/