Cruise to Scandinavia May 2026
Cruise of Celebrity Apex 14th May and returned to Israel on 31st May 2026. We flew El Al to Heathrow on 14th May and in London It was 11.50 pm by the time we arrived at the Enios hotel in Southampton by special taxi. This hotel only has 12 rooms. The next day Astrid wanted to recover from the journey so I took a bus into the city and visited the art gallery which had some unique paintings by Gainsborough , van Dyke, Monet, Giuseppe Arcimboldo who painted faces of Fruit. There were 2 artists on display that had been kindertrain survivors of WW2 Frank Auerbach and Ruth Borchard. Opposite the Civic centre is a park and statue to Isaac Watts the guy who wrote most of the English hymns we sang at school. I also had a chance to do some shopping for some items we needed. Near our hotel was the corner tower that was part of the old city wall. This had been partially reconstructed even though it was no longer connected to the city wall....