Norway Fjords Cruise / London Photo Review

[FishinChris]

 

 

 

 

This is his smile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stopped here for a delicious lunch, the dining room was in the basement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Lunch we headed to the British Museum via a cab. Street photography while sitting in a cab was fun stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

So many things to see at the British Museum. We visited here last year as well, you could spend a week here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We visited the Egypt section this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

 

 

 

 

The Rosetta Stone and the iphone. two pieces of tech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

We had purchased tickets to Hamilton before we left.

 

 

 

 

We were just a few rows back from the stage. The show was great! See it if you get a chance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a crowded ride on the tube after the show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally back to our hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next day we headed to Westminster to take the river cruise to Greenwich. Picture is in Sheperd Market.

 

 

[FishinChris]

We did not go in but visited Westminster Abbey last year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Rubbish!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your pedal guides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used our London Passes for an all day cruise ticket.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Entry to the river cruise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The London Eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

We took the cruise all the way to Greenwich. The Cutty Sark is right next to the dock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hiked up the hill to the Royal Observatory to the Prime Meridian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to the Maritime Museum next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had a nice display of ship figureheads.

 

 

[FishinChris]

 

 

 

 

Medusa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cat is out of the bag again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portrait of a young Horatio Nelson.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Nelson Bust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual uniform coat that Lord Nelson wore when he was shot on the deck of the HMS Victory. Bullet hole is near the top of the shoulder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Done at the museum, now it was time for pie and mash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pie, mash, and eels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We boarded the river cruise and got off at the Tower of London.

 

 

[FishinChris]

The White Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lady must not have read the warning about the ravens because she was bit trying to feed the bird.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They didn't have my size.

 

 

[FishinChris]

We boarded the river cruise for the final leg back to Westminster Pier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final tube ride back to the hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our last night we had dinner at a pub in Sheperd Market, Ye Grapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bobby3334]

I have been in London and various surrounding areas at least a dozen times and will be there 5 days before a cruise in three weeks. I have never seen better pictures. You are giving me a few things new to see and more to revisit. Simply great! Mike

 

 

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[riclop]

Thanks for the review.

[geoherb]

We had purchased tickets to Hamilton before we left.

We have our tickets for next month. It's also coming locally in November. I've signed up to see if we can get tickets to it again then. Sam has listened to the soundtrack over and over.

[FishinChris]

One of the last things I wanted to do was to have a beer at a pub while standing in the street with the rest of the regulars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next day we were picked up from our hotel by International Friends. https://www.internationalfriends.co.uk/ We purchased the Southampton transfer via Stonehenge. The bus was just over 50% capacity with passengers heading to the Princess ship as well as Celebrity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we arrived at Stonehenge we were told to go stand in line for the shuttle as our tickets were already paid for. At first the line seems impossibly long but it moves really fast. We waited around 10 or 15 minutes before getting on the shuttle and about the same wait for the ride back. We don't recommend hiking to the stones if your on a tight schedule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are a lot of people at the stones, It would make sense to rename then the Selfie Stones.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Its really beautiful here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have to exit through the gift shop of course.

 

 

 

 

We drove through Salisbury on our way to Southampton. Points of interest were the cathedral and the restaurant where the Russians poisoned the poor fellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bob++]

Great review; always interesting to see our country from a different perspective.

9½/10 for photography

Could do better for spelling :) (There is another 'h' in shepherd)

Definitely 10/10 for energy; just reading it made me tired.

[jimbri]

Great review. Your photos are fantastic!

[FishinChris]

Great review; always interesting to see our country from a different perspective.

9½/10 for photography

Could do better for spelling :) (There is another 'h' in shepherd)

Definitely 10/10 for energy; just reading it made me tired.

 

 

 

I believe I misspelled that two different way on this review. One of these days I’ll get it right. Thanks for the spellcheck and your kind comments. [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]

 

 

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[Jcr70]

Your photos are amazing! We were on the same cruise as you, I can’t wait to see your photos of Norway!

[cft8]

Amazing photos! I am so glad I clicked through from your post on the Britain ports of call board. I adore Christo & Jeanne-Claude and I somehow had no idea they had a piece in London this summer. Luckily, we are already planning to spend time in Hyde Park and take a boat ride on the Serpentine, so I will get to see it!

 

 

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[whatcruiseisnext]

Loving all your photos! Thanks so much for doing this!

 

 

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[FishinChris]

We came aboard just before 3pm, no wait just walked right on. Went to muster drill and then hurried to the laundry to get tokens. After spending nearly a week in London I definitely needed to do a load of wash. Of course the token dispenser was not working and after calling the pursers desk they told me to wait. 30 minutes later someone showed up and reset the machine and I was able to get my tokens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I actually could have waited as there are twice the amount of washing machines on the Sapphire versus the Caribbean that we were on last year. I've had many interesting experiences in Princess laundry rooms so getting it over as soon as possible is usually best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chores done and time to enjoy sail away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

This was the first time that we had an ocean view stateroom and it was good knowing if the sun was up or not. Of course on this cruise the sun barely sets so it was mostly sunny.

 

 

 

 

Piazza

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Cafe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port talks in the theater.

 

 

[FishinChris]

We did go to the CC meet and greet, it was nice meeting our fellow cruisers. These are the name badges that were printed by Diana (dmb3070)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone was having a good time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not going to be a lot of food pictures. This was leg of lamb, it was delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

Champagne Waterfall. The 1st sea day is also formal night.