Without Danny, but with Steve, I experienced my first sea cruise with Royal Caribbean International‘s Serenade of the Seas.
The cruise brought us to Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia and Latvia.
- Flying to Stockholm;
- Stockholm;
- Hotel At Six in Stockholm;
- ABBA The Museum;
- The Serenade of the Seas;
- Eating and drinking on board;
- LGBTQ mix and mingle;
- Helsinki;
- Saint Petersburg;
- Nudity in Saint Petersburg;
- Tallinn;
- Riga;
- Cruise conclusions;
- The Royal Palaces of Stockholm.
Timothy

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