Don & Kully's World Cruise on Viking Neptune

The last day of a cruise of any length is always a tough day, having to say goodbye to new friends and the staff and crew you’ve cruised with is challenging, but after a 138-day voyage it’s really hard. We have made friends with many people who will remain friends for the rest of our lives. We’ve been blessed to share an adventure with a small group of adventurers on a journey that few people get to experience. We’ve been taken care of by a crew of dedicated professionals who get up every day with the goal of exceeding their guest’s expectations, and they have succeeded. As guest, we’ve watched roughly 75 percent of the crew turn over, but we’ve also had a large percentage that have been with us for most if not the entire trip. We have become close to many of the crew members and is difficult to tell them goodbye. We will be forever grateful for all of the little things they’ve done over the last four and half months to make us feel special.

Today we sailed up the Thames River and docked in Greenwich near the Old Naval College. Greenwich is not only famous for the Naval College, but is also home of the Royal Observatory, home of Greenwich Mean Time, and sets on the prime meridian. By the time we were finally moored and able to leave the ship, it was too late to visit the museum, but we were able to visit a local pub near the observatory for a pint of Ale. Here are some pictures from today.

Scenes along the River Thames.

These are photos of the Thames Barrier a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up the river from the North Sea.

The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, England, where we had our first Pint in the UK.

Tomorrow our journey ends as we will disembark from this lovely vessel. We plan to spend three days in London before flying home on 12 May.