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White Nights

Finding Bliss in the Baltic

SOMEWHERE IN THE BALTIC SEA, July 1 — It is near midnight, or at least that it is what my watch tells me. The sun and sky suggest otherwise. The bright orange orb hovers over the watery horizon, casting a reddish-yellow glow on a cloudless sky.

My (then) wife and I stand on our stateroom balcony waiting for the sun to dip below the horizon. Our body clocks are out of sync, six times zones east of our home (we’ll lose two more hours as the clock moves forward one hour on each of the first two nights of our cruise from Copenhagen).

The sun seems that it will never set, even as the clock ticks — and ticks.

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Cruising The Baltic? Read This!

Ralph Grizzle has launched a three new web sites aimed at assisting cruise travelers to the Baltic.

  1. The first site is designed to help travelers survive the pricey Danish capital, Copenhagen. To learn how to cope in Copenhagen, visit www.comingtocopenhagen.com.
  2. The second site aims to assist travelers to other Scandinavian ports, including Stockholm. To survive Scandinavia, visit www.comingtoscandinavia.com.
  3. The third site focuses on cruising the Baltic Sea region with children. For insights on a creating your own truly blissful Baltic cruise, visit www.balticbliss.com

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