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The excursion to Dale of Norway from Bergen was one of my favorites. It was a scenic drive, and at the factory we were able to see the Dale sweaters the Norwegian Olympic team wore for each of the Winter Olympics and saw all the production steps, from sweater designing on a CAD system, the many automated knitting machines, and the sewers finishing the sweaters. The gift shop had items for sale, but it wasn't exactly an discount outlet. We ended up purchasing Dale and Norlender (another quality Norwegian brand) sweaters in Oslo at a Dale store, another knitwear shop near the building where the Nobel peace prizes are awarded, and at the Oslo Cruise Terminal shop which carried a surprisingly good selection.

We recently returned from a very nice Mediterranean islands cruise that included Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Menorca, and Mallorca. Those stops are much more appealing to us than some ports in Northern Africa that might be likely to be cancelled.

The French Polynesia cruise on Orion originated in Los Angeles.

This dog was aboard our month long cruise to French Polynesia in January 2022 (photo was originally posted by another passenger) We saw the dog around the ship fairly often, usually in a shoulder bag the owner carried it in. We weren’t happy about the dog being allowed on that cruise and asked a crew member about it. He said they had gotten permission somehow. Sure hope Viking stops this practice!

Maybe you already know this, but one way to get this info is to find a ship on the cruisemapper website and select “all itineraries”, for instance https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/Viking-Jupiter-1980?tab=itinerary#itinerary

We’re on Jupiter now also. On the Viking app under Dining you can view all the Restaurant menus. It shows Broiled Lobster on the menu for this Tuesday dinner and Lobster Thermidor on the menu for next Monday dinner. 😊