WELCOME TO FARNSNIENTE

Today’s port of call is the island town of Tromsø, the largest town within the Polar Circle and the launching point for most Arctic

We dock in Svolvær, in Nordland County, Norway. We’re taking an RIB ride through the Lofoten archipelago to the famous Trollfjord. It’s

Another lovely “At Sea” day. Warm enough to sit on our balcony. Instead of brunch today, there is a massive “barbecue” lunch set up around

We dock in Ålesund and almost immediately go ashore for today’s excursion (Land of the Trolls). It’s a long one - eight hours - mostly on a

One of those “if I see any more beauty, my head will explode” days. It begins with a sail up the beautiful Nordfjord. Finding our original

We have a leisurely breakfast and much-needed gym time in the morning. We take the tender boat over to the small town of Rosendal where we

Had a shore excursion this morning from Stavanger which involved getting off our ship and onto a small boat which took us to the beautiful

An “at sea” day with no port stops. Awoke to rain and fog. What to do? Coffee from room service, hit the gym, pig out at the fabulous, extra

Leisurely morning in Oslo. Boarded the Azamara Onward ship with our bags and were able to completely unpack and get settled quickly (the

Flew to Oslo airport and then took a super-clean, super-efficient train into the city center. Our well situated hotel had our room available

We dodged, mostly successfully, rain all morning. After breakfast and picnic shopping at the covered market we did have to wait for a major

Walked in to the old town and explored the very nice covered market - many tempting things there! Stopped at an outdoor café for our morning

Took off to the west after breakfast with a first stop in Jarnac then Cognac. Had a nice (big!) sandwich lunch at an outdoor café then took

After breakfast at hotel we got a rental car and drive to La Rochoucauld where we toured the château. Back to Angoulême to explore the old

Our train out of Paris today is not until 4pm, checkout is at noon, so we sleep in.  Downstairs we have another good breakfast. Also another

Wonderful (private, by happenstance) foodie walking tour in the Saint-Germain neighborhood. Armagnac and Porto at 10:30? No problem! Great

After a lovely breakfast at our hotel we walked to the Musèe d’Orsay where they are having a special exhibit on the history of Impressionism

Happy 4th of July! I wake and the little TV screen before me says we’re 90 minutes from Paris. Out the window I see us transition from being

Up well before dawn to get to the airport two hours before our 5:58am flight to JFK. Had lunch at JFK then Lyfted to Newark. Hung out in La

Relocated from North Carolina to a national park near Tennessee. Entered a bible verse as our WiFi code and had dinner in an old abbey.