Napier - After another rough night of gale force winds and 20 ft. waves, I am drugged out from all the seasick tablets once again. Both LJ and I, along with many others left dinner about 10 minutes into the seating. The sea was too much to take and rather than making a big mess on the table it was safer to retreat to the cabin. Ugh. I'm at the public library right now taking advantage of fast internet and will post some Wellington photos later. We're getting down to the wire now. Tomorrow is another dreaded sea day and then we finally get to Hobbiton for another LOTR tour. After that we dock in Auckland and return to Sydney before flying home on Monday. I have to say that I will hopefully never be on a cruise again with this many sea days. If so, I think I'll leave my suitcase on board and fly or drive to the next port!
Innsbruck - here despite it never being on my to-see list
First the backstory. In about a week I'll be boarding a cruise ship (this year's Cruise Trek) in Romania. When I booked the flight many months ago, I had a brilliant idea to go in a week early to Vienna and use it as a base to spend a few nights each in Albania and Bosnia. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago and the Covid restrictions, flight schedules, and hotel prices made me give up. Changing the flight to Vienna would result in penalties and possibly fare increases so I made the best of it and thought, where can I go in Austria where I've never been? Innsbruck, hmm. Can I get a free flight from Vienna? Yes! Can I get a free hotel room? Yes. Check! The city is picture perfect though. Nestled in a valley between two mountain ranges, it's green, colorful, and everything you could want a place to be when the purpose is total work decompression. No major sightseeing, no expectations. You, a city and a view. It's walkable and small. You've got to look up, left and right, ...
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