Viking Star

We have explored the ship and think it will be fine. I will revisit that thought in 28 days time.

We have swum in the heated pools and experienced the hot spa, steam room and snow room (it is a Nordic ship). 

Our excursion to London on a bus was not so successful - there were 8 busloads of Viking passengers and we had organised to be on the earliest bus at 8am (which was lucky since it reached 30 degrees here). Traffic was almost non existent until we got to Buckingham Palace where there was a traffic jam of buses. At London Bridge there is a huge floral tribute to the victims of the last terrorist attack.

The bus air conditioning was inadequate so we got off at the first stop and did not get back on. We found a nice cafe to cool down and have coffee then walked to Westminster Pier where we caught a River Bus back to Greenwich. The photo demonstrates both the historic and the shiny new features of London.

Our ship has become a tourist attraction in itself because very few cruise ships are small enough to navigate the Thames. The river cruise boats go past slowly to let their passengers have a good look.


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