In our last hours on Hurtigruten’s MS Nordkapp Saturday, we sailed through Hurricane Ole.  It was quite a sickening ride, and both kids hurled.  We had bought acupressure bracelets that other passengers had told us about to prevent motion sickness, but they didn’t seem to work great for us.  Much of the time onboard was rough water,…

Last night after the kids and I had put on our jammies and settled into our bunks on the MS Nordkapp and Laurel and I had attempted to sing all of “American Pie,” an announcement came over the PA: “Ladies and Gentlemen, you can now see the Northern Lights.” We quickly dressed and hurried down…