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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' Flagship Visits The Baltic This Summer
Travel Agent Central; May 23 2012
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' flagship, the MS EUROPA is offering guests a summer Baltic adventure through Germany, Poland, Estonia, Russia, Finland and Sweden.
Departing from Kiel, Germany on August 28, the twelve-day cruise will port in Binz, Germany, Gdynia, Poland, Visby, Sweden, Tallinn, Estonia, St. Petersburg, Russia, Helsinki, Finland, Stockholm and Kalmar Sweden. To conclude the voyage, the EUROPA sails from the Baltic Sea back to the North Sea through the 62 mile long Kiel Canal. Optional shore excursions include stops at the following UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites: Malbork Castle, the old districts of Visby and Tallinn and the historical center of St. Petersburg.
Guests booking a category 0 suite on this cruise, at $6,670 per person, will automatically be upgraded to a category 4-veranda suite, valued at $9,070 per person.
A polished ruin
Deccan Herald; April 1 2012
Ten minutes into our visit to Malbork Castle, we encountered five kids with toy guns running down the long, empty corridors on either side, depicting an imaginary battle. It must have been fun to play this game in a medieval castle.
However, their parents caught up with them in no time and reprimanded them, after which the kids had to reluctantly give up their ‘weapons’ and walk beside their parents who were sedately inspecting the castle.
We had just arrived from Gdansk, the port city of Poland. The journey to the castle, which stood next to the quietly drifting River Wisla, took about an hour from Gdansk, thanks to smooth, low-traffic roads. The massive brick walls and towers of this splendid edifice had been visible from quite a distance away.