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Michael Beaver

Real estate insight for Chicago's North Side and North Shore, plus travel info and trip ideas from someone who books cruises for a living. Two newsletters, one trusted source. Straight talk, no fluff.

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Norway, all the way to the Arctic Circle

Hi Reader, There's a trip I've been holding group space on, and I want you to see it before I open it up further. Fourteen nights on Celebrity Beyond, round trip from Southampton, sailing August 26, 2028, up the Norwegian coast and across the Arctic Circle twice. Late August that far north, the sun doesn't fully set. You'll be on deck at 11pm in full daylight watching the coastline go by, once past Trondheim and again past Honningsvåg, with stops in Ålesund, Tromsø, Molde, Nordfjordeid, Flåm,...