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Hi! My name is Suzanne Klasen.  I am the Owner / Travel Advisor and CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and Elite Cruise Counselor (MCC, ECC) for my CruiseOne Vacations by Suzanne Travel Agency. This site is a collection of my personal travels, thoughts and recommendations. The map above represents the cruise travel (based on embarkation port) that I have posted so far (more to come). Click on a map point to see the cruise itinerary and details.

2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Wine Group Events

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise We love the fact that Celebrity provides us such great venues and are great hosts for our wine makers and our wine lovers. Dave and Lisa Dinsmore of Ascension Cellars are extremely knowledgeable about wine and their boutique Paso Robles wines have been a favorite of ours for years. Our…

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2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Stavanger, Norway

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise Stavanger ended up being a catch up on email and workday for me, so I did not go ashore. I did go ashore 5 years ago when we were in the same town and visited the Petroleum Museum. However, we took several pictures from the ship and some of the…

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2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Olden, Norway

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise Olden was the most anticipated port on our itinerary because I have never been there before. Most of our group had booked the afternoon Briksdal Glacier hike, but for logistical reasons we had our tour moved to early morning instead. This just meant getting up early before we started our…

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2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Alesund, Norway

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise Alesund, Norway is a town that occupies 7 different islands which are all connected by underwater tunnels. During our early morning sail in we were treated to some spectacular scenery. Because the town burned down almost completely in 1904, many of the buildings in the downtown area have a uniform…

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2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Bergen, Norway

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise One of the charming aspects of the port of Bergen, in addition to the beautiful scenery as you sail in, is that the city can be traversed on foot and many of the sites enjoyed with-out a formal excursion. Once we walked into town we visited the famed Hanseatic Warf,…

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