Day 180 – New York, New York, USA

Viking Sky sailed into New York harbor early this morning, thus ending the eighth and final segment (from Reykjavik, Iceland, to New York City) of our World Cruise.

Segment 8 - Reykjavik to New York

The Statue of Liberty was shrouded in mist and fog, so unlike the blue skies we encountered when we arrived in New York on Viking Polaris last year. The weather today matched my mood.

Statue of Liberty

Tim and I vacated our stateroom before 8:00 am, so the crew could prepare for a complete turnaround. Every passenger was disembarking today. Since we will be staying in New York for five nights, we didn’t need to worry about getting to the airport.

After a brief delay, we disembarked, passed through Customs, retrieved our luggage, dropped off three bags with Luggage Forward, and found a ride to our hotel. We checked into the Grayson Hotel, a boutique hotel in Midtown Manhattan, where we crashed and slept for much of the day.

Grayson Hotel (photo courtesy of the hotel website)

We learned that we had sailed 43,140 nautical miles over 180 days from Fort Lauderdale to New York. We circled the globe and crossed multiple imaginary lines, some more than once. These included the Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Equator, International Date Line, Prime Meridian, and Arctic Circle. We visited six continents and 36 countries. It was the trip of a lifetime for Tim and me.

Yes, We Circled the Globe!