We'll go chronologically. The two travelers are a mom and daughter, mom is 62, daughter at the time 29 :)

Mom has motion sickness-like none you've ever seen. For a long time, she wouldn't cruise because of it. The patch had horrible side effects and Dramamine/Bonine wasn't strong enough. She found a new product, Scopace (trade name scopalamine). She had to tell her Pharmacist and doctor about it. It is used by professional fishermen. The doctors approved and prescribed it. It is safe and effective. It is the patch in pill form. You take 1, every 8 hours as needed. That way, it doesn't build up in your system and you don't have to have any when you are on shore. Scopace.com. I have mild motion sickness and I take Meclazine. It is the generic Bonine, and it works fine. Meclazine can be found 100 tablets to a bottle for about $5, when Bonine is 8 tabs for $7.

Before we ever left, we went to Barnes and Noble and spent the best $20 of the trip. "Rick Steves- Scandinavia", also "Rick Steves-Eastern Europe", throughout the rest of this review, we will refer to those books as "Rick," our best travel buddy. Read more