A Baltic Sea graduation trip for grandsons

Recently, Kami and Garret Braun, Kara, Jenaka and Gunnar Nelson and I enjoyed a cruise on the Baltic Sea, where we visited seven countries. The trip was a high school graduation present for my grandsons, Garret and Gunnar. The group landed in Copenhagen, Denmark and visited the Tivoli Gardens where we were surprised by how many people rode bicycles. There are lanes set aside for the bikers with hundreds of people pedaling by. They walked down to the canals and saw the Church of our Saviour with its corkscrew spire. We noticed the price of gasoline there was about $7 per gallon.

The next day ou...