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Fifty Four and Counting

Fifty Four and Counting

Blogger, Photographer, Writer – just a good old honest opinion of restaurants, products, services and life in general

Author: fiftyfourandcounting

Being over 54 gives you a different perspective on life around you. As a lifestyle blogger, I say it as I see it. That simple. I review places to go, things to do, places I've been to, products and my take on life surprises.

Day 8 – St Petersburg, Russia ( day 2)

Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 21, 2013

This morning again we were up very early so that we could all meet up at 8am with our guide Marina. Today we started with a visit to a gift shop, but also to pay for the tour. This was very trusting on the part of Alla Tours as we may not have turned up…

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Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 20, 2013

Day 7 – St Petersburg, Russia

We woke this morning at 6am as we have a very early start. Already the weather in St Petersburg is overcast…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 19, 2013

Day 6 – Helsinki, Finland

A delightful city, lovely people. Again we spent the day with Graham and Suzanne. The weather was quite mixed with the…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 18, 2013

Day 5 – Stockholm, Sweden

Today we arrived in Stockholm after sailing past some 30,000 of the archipelago islands, many with beautiful summer homes on them.…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 17, 2013

Day 4 – At Sea

At Sea today … rest day, reading and sunbathing in a quiet spot on Deck 13. Also climbed the Rock Wall!
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 16, 2013

Day 3 – Copenhagen, Denmark

It looks cloudy this morning but the forecast says it will warm up to 19-20 degrees. We woke early to have…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 15, 2013

Day 2 – At Sea

Clocks moved forward 1 hour during the night. We slept soooo well! The Breakfast special was poached eggs and spinach with…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 14, 2013

Day 1 – Harwich – Checking In and first evening

Well the check in process and dropping off the car was fairly seamless. The signs on reaching Harwich to the ship…
Baltic CruisefiftyfourandcountingJuly 12, 2013

Pearl Wedding Trip to the Baltic

Adele and I start our journey to the Baltic tomorrow. Our trip takes us to the Scandinavian capitals, Tallinn, Gothenburg and…
Guest HousesfiftyfourandcountingSeptember 25, 2010

Castle Canyke Farm – Bodmin – “If only …

“If only I could stay at Castle Canyke wherever we go!” It pains me to say this, but I just can’t fault…
HotelsfiftyfourandcountingJune 10, 2010

Limak Limra Hotel, Kiris, Turkey – “Great resort – just not 100%”

I’m still here at the resort after 1 week. This is a 2 week holiday. The resort is impressive when you…

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