{"id":11915,"date":"2017-08-02T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2017-11-27T18:38:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:38:13","slug":"boston-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11915","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday August 2, 2017<\/p>\n<p>It took us four hours to drive to Boston yesterday along the &#8220;Mass Pike\u201d on a glorious sunny day. \u00a0We had rented a car to make the trip and left it off at Logan Airport. We checked into a hotel with a gorgeous skyline view across the bay overlooking Boston Harbor and relaxed.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0746.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0746-1.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 0746\" width=\"334\" height=\"207\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 0768\" width=\"347\" height=\"233\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The anticipation of this trip was worse than that old Heinz ketchup ad! \u00a0&#8220;Aaaann-tiii-ci-paaaaaa-tion\u201d the song stretched out the word. \u00a0For several weeks, I made lists, packed and re-packed, and tried to think of everything I might need for a month in the North Atlantic in every kind of weather imaginable. \u00a0How does one prepare for a 38 day cruise along the Canadian coast up to Greenland, Iceland, across to Norway, Holland, British Isles, and then home? Two suitcases and a backpack later, I was ready!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1663.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1663.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 1663\" width=\"310\" height=\"254\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we boarded the Holland America Line\u2019s MS Rotterdam for our &#8220;Voyage of the Vikings\u201d cruise. \u00a0We\u2019ll be sailing the North Atlantic Ocean and stopping at ports which had been explored by the \u201cVikings.\u201d \u00a0Yes, those Norse seafarers who raided, pillaged, and traded all the way from their Northern European homelands south into the Mediterranean Sea and west all the way to what is now Greenland, Iceland, and Maritime Canada.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1685.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1685.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 1685\" width=\"294\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spent the day exploring the ship and settling into our stateroom. \u00a0We splurged on a larger cabin with a balcony because with so many days at sea, we thought we might need extra space. \u00a0Finally, at 9:45 in the evening I felt the ship move. \u00a0We went out on the promenade deck and watched the glittering lights of Boston as the Rotterdam slowly moved away from the harbor and out into the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0783.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 0783\" width=\"343\" height=\"224\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday August 2, 2017 It took us four hours to drive to Boston yesterday along the &#8220;Mass Pike\u201d on a glorious sunny day. \u00a0We had rented a car to make the trip and left it off at Logan Airport. 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