September 9, 2024–Coco Cay, the Bahamas
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CHADWICK WORLD CRUISE
Well here we are, on the little island where we made the very first stop on our nine month journey around the world. That was back on...
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- Sep 7
- 3 min
September 6, 2024–Bermuda
Greetings from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, which most people, including me, think of as a lonely speck of land in the...
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- Sep 5
- 3 min
September 3-4, 2024–New York, New York
Greetings from the Big Apple. I guess it’s a good thing I hadn’t planned on any major adventures or sightseeing excursions while we’re...
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- Sep 2
- 4 min
September 1, 2024–Halifax, Nova Scotia
Today we set foot on the North American mainland for the first time since we left Los Angeles on February 11, almost seven months ago....
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- Aug 30
- 6 min
August 29, 2024–St. John’s, Newfoundland
Oh, Canada! We’ve completed our transatlantic crossing and are in the home stretch of our nine month odyssey. What’s left? Two stops in...
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- Aug 27
- 4 min
August 26, 2024–Qaqortoq, Greenland
I suppose I should start today’s post with a tutorial on how to pronounce Qaqortoq, our current port of call in southern Greenland. The...
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- Aug 26
- 3 min
August 25, 2024–Prince Christian Sound, Greenland
Today was one of those rare days that was special even though we never set foot on dry land. Prince Christian Sound is a narrow, 60 mile...
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- Aug 24
- 3 min
August 23, 2024–Reykjavik, Iceland (day two)
August in Iceland has been interesting. We woke up this morning to howling winds with gusts up to 40 miles an hour, along with a wind...
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- Aug 23
- 8 min
August 22, 2024–Reykjavik, Iceland (day one)
Well, last evening was certainly interesting. We sailed through waves of up to 33 feet and category one hurricane force winds, and had to...
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- Aug 20
- 4 min
August 19, 2024–Amsterdam, the Netherlands (day two)
Well, if day one in Amsterdam was something of a bust, day two certainly made up for it. Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures made today...
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- Aug 18
- 3 min
August 18, 2024–Amsterdam, the Netherlands (day one, sort of)
You probably know this already, but I’m going to start with an important fact because it was relevant today. Amsterdam, the capital of...
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- Aug 16
- 4 min
August 16, 2024–Ålesund, Norway
It’s Norway week, and today found us in Ålesund, the northernmost port we’ll visit along the country’s North Sea. It’s also unexpectedly...
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- Aug 15
- 5 min
August 15, 2024–Olden, Norway
Greetings from the smallest port we’ve visited, at least so far, on this nine month odyssey. Olden, Norway, is home to a whopping 666...
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- Aug 14
- 4 min
August 14, 2024–Haugesund, Norway
For years I’ve read and heard about how beautiful Norway’s North Sea coast is—the fjords, the mountains, the waterfalls, and the...
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- Aug 13
- 3 min
August 13, 2024–Kristiansand, Norway
With the Baltic behind us, today we began our journey along Norway’s North Sea coast with a visit to Kristiansand, on the country’s...
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- Aug 12
- 4 min
August 12, 2024–Oslo, Norway
Today marked the first of several ports we’ll visit in Norway, along with our exit from the Baltic Sea, where we’ve spent the past...
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- Aug 11
- 5 min
August 11, 2024–Aarhus, Denmark
Greetings from Aarhus, the third of our three ports of call in Denmark. Aarhus is the country’s second largest city, though I have to...
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- Aug 10
- 5 min
August 10, 2024–Copenhagen, Denmark
With exactly one month left on our nine month odyssey, we found ourselves in Copenhagen, Denmark, this morning. We were here many years...
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- Aug 9
- 4 min
August 9, 2024–Lubeck, Germany
Another day, another country. Today found us back in Germany, this time docking in the Baltic port of Kiel. We actually saw Kiel once...
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- Aug 8
- 4 min
August 8, 2024–Bornholm, Denmark
Today found us on the small Danish island of Bornholm, home to fewer than 40,000 people. But while Bornholm may be small it occupies a...
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