We’re off again! And since we’re headed to the British Isles, in honor of the new monarch, King Charles III, the title of this third Excellent Adventure in 2023, the title will be: “Excellent Adventure 2023 The Third (or III)”.
No, we haven’t left yet. As always, I’m testing out the blog interface in advance to make sure it still works.
G0d willing, a week from today on August 20 we will once more embark on a transatlantic flight, this time arriving at Heathrow Airport.
The graphic showing the itinerary is not quite correct. Viking hasn’t bothered to modify the graphic to match the updated itinerary: Much to my massive disappointment, we will not be docking in Liverpool; the Isle of Man was substituted instead. No explanation, of course.
We’ll be arriving in London on August 21 for a two-day extension. We board the ship on August 23 in Greenwich, though the ship spends the night in Greenwich giving us another day in London. We booked a post-cruise extension for Iceland – 3 days in Reykjavik with tours to the Blue Lagoon and the Golden Circle, among other things I don’t remember off the top of my head. Whether we’ll be able to actually see an active volcano remains to be seen, but I seriously doubt it.
Our French expedition in March saw disruptive strikes and protests. And, of course, let’s not forget the true debacle that was our NZ/Oz “adventure”, with 10 days of staring at open water. Let’s all hope and think happy, happy thoughts that UK edition is just a bit smoother!
Maryland Meshugas 