PROBUS CLUB OF THE SUSSEX WEALD

    14 NIGHT OCEAN CRUISING on P&O’s SHIP ARTEMIS

               to THE BALTIC - AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2010

Following our very enjoyable cruise in June 2009 this adventure was a 15 night cruise to the Baltic sailing on Artemis

our party on board ARTEMIS. . . . .

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...... Our itinerary is shown on the map; but our journey stated from home where our

coach picked up at our front door to deliver us to the Cruise Terminal. Once on the coach

we didn't see our luggage again until we arrived in our cabin.

The following day we had a pleasant cruise into Oslo where we had to dodge the heavy

showers, but that didn't dampen our appetite for a good evening meal as we sailed  to

Copenhagen for another day of exploring; this time under blue skies.

Our next stop was in Visby; some of us wondered

why we stopped at this small island of Gotland

but it was a gem of a place full of history and

not surprisingly it is one on the UNESCO

Heritage list

Over night we had a leisurely cruise for the short hop to Stockholm and another fine day.

We should have stopped at Helsinki but the winds were too high so we had two days

of slow speed cruising to be able to arrive early in St Petersburg for a two day stay.

We all went off heritage hunting and some went to evening performances of Opera

and Local Folk dancing. A well worth visit. Some even went on the metro, the flee market,

food market and tea in someone's apartment.

Needless to say we were well looked after whilst onboard with great entertainment and food all day long.

and we must mention we had P&O's first lady Captain (seen here signing our piggy

bank to help save up for next year's cruise)

We sailed homeward and stopped off in Germany and Belgium. So naturally

we had to buy chocolates to end off a very enjoyable cruise before

returning to Southampton and the coach that delivered us and

our memories back to our home

Thanks to Mike and Maureen for setting up the whole experience.