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Nice rooms
The rooms were a little small, I mean they were former prison cells after all, but they were really nice!
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Two cells
It looked to us like our room was made of two cells.
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Thick walls
You can see at the window how thick the walls are! It was too dark to take photos outside but the security wall was still outside too.
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Hotel Katajanokka
We stayed at the Hotel Katajanokka in Helsinki. It used to be a prison and they've converted it in to a hotel.
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Helsinki!
Flying in to Helsinki, our first taste of darkness in the afternoon. This photo was taken at 2:16 pm.
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Rainy
Cold and rainy in London.
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Off to Helsinki!
For some reason we didn't take pictures when we left home. After switching terminals at Heathrow, which took a long time, we're boarding the plane to Helsinki!
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Not yet
We've been to Funchal, Madeira before when we took a cruise out of Barcelona. On that trip we went on the "Best of" tour. This time we went on a less popular tour.
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Bowling fun!
Bill was much better at the wave bowling. Not that either of us were very good.
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Daily ocean pic
We tried to take at least one picture of the ocean every day. I think we might have missed one day. Today was a bit cloudy.
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Easy day
Super easy day today. Got up late, as usual, ate lunch at the buffet and back to the room to spend some time on the balcony.
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Map
The map of our crossing. As you can see, we're just starting out in Miami. We have one stop in Funchal, Madeira and then ending in Barcelona.
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Beach close-up
The beach looked like fun!
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Miami Beach
We finally got to Miami Beach! Once we were past that point it was out to open sea!
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Cast off!
Leaving Miami! Now off to ten days at sea!
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Water slides!!!
You can almost see all three water slides in this shot. The big, yellow slide in the middle, the purple one on the right and the green one on the left. As soon as people could put on their swimsuits, young and old alike were going down the slides!
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Getting on!
Yay! Getting on the ship!
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Taxi line
Our car took us right to the gate where we were supposed to check in!
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Airport selfie!
Ready to leave for our trip!