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1/19/25

London Before Our Return Home

Don’t forget to read about all our UK and Norway adventures:

Southampton and P&O Britannia

Port of Call: Stavanger

Port of Call: Flam

Cancelled Port & Our Scenic Cruising Day

Port of Call: Haugesund

And just like that…all good things must come to an end.

We spent our final day of vacation in London where we met up with some of our favorite travel friends we met last year on our Ireland Cruise. Nothing cements a friendship more than three cancelled ports and four total sea days stuck indoors on a ship. I am forever grateful for the travel friends I met on that cruise and was elated to be able to see Denise and her husband Paul so soon. Oh, how I wish we had less miles between us!

Denise and Paul as they are absolutely lovely, and I am so thankful they rode the train to meet us in London. Since they are “locals” but have not done many “local” things in London,

I got to play tour guide and we rode the hop on hop off (HOHO) bus.

If you are in a new city and don’t know what to do, check if they have a HOHO option as you just cannot beat it. It allows you to ride through the whole city if you stay on for the entire loop and/or get off and see what looks of interest until you are ready to hop back on the next bus.

Part of our adventures included pints at several pubs around London and getting lost looking for the Notting Hill Gate.

We had the BEST time and wished so much we’d had more time together.

1/16/25

Weekly WI: The Scale Is Going The Wrong Way

The scale check-in for November has not been going in the right direction.

I am taking control this week and feeling energized after two days.

I made a plan yesterday prior to going out for pizza with my Wine Club friend and stuck to it! That made me feel so good today.

I’m back to a consistent activity routing logging at least 30 minutes of exercise since Monday and went to two gym classes.

I swing into Trader Joes and added some yummy freezer meal ideas to my meal plan this week.

So far, things are going well and I am committed to be consistent the remainder of the week.

1/8/25

Norway Adventures: Port of Call - Haugesund

Our final Port of Call was Haugesund.

Boy did this port look totally different than those small towns within the fjords. After a couple of early mornings, we had a low-key day with a later wake up time and used the hop on hop off bus to tour this quaint town.

As it turned out, we could have used more time for this port and will know that if we ever visit again.

We spent time touring an old mining town and the Viking Village which took up our whole day.

After riding the bus to the cruise port, we set out on foot up a big hill to grab some Coke Zero with the last of our local Norwegian currency. At that point, it was time re-board the ship for sail away and our final sea day.

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