Category: Travelogues

Wayne’s travels

Hello Helsinki
Esplanade Park, Helsinki, Finland Image: Wikimedia

Hello Helsinki

Reading Time: 4 minutes I had moose for lunch today. Not mousse, but moose. It did not taste like chicken. We had docked in Helsinki, Finland. I got off the ship because the sun was shining and the ground was firm. After a few days onboard, cabin fever sets in even though the ship is the length of three football fields and ten stories high. When my feet hit the ground, I was slightly confused. What day is it? What city is this? When working on a cruise ship, there are no days off or weekends to bookend one’s work routine. The passengers book […]

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A Walk on the Wild Side in Amsterdam
Amsterdam's Red Light district was busy even on a religious holiday

A Walk on the Wild Side in Amsterdam

Reading Time: 3 minutes I didn’t intend to end up in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. I had left the ship in search of a post office and some shampoo. After all, I have to keep my hair shiny and bouncy. I struck out on the post office; as it turns out, May 21 is a religious holiday in the Netherlands, and all the government offices and many of the shops were closed. I walked a half-mile from the Cruise Passenger Terminal to the Central Train Station, where I found a shop that sold postage stamps but not shampoo. I asked the clerk where I […]

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