Poor weather caused the Captain to cancel our scheduled port call today, but we had a great time at the Pinnacle Gala After an amazing streak of fantastic weather in all our ports to date, the inevitable bad weather day arrived. Last night as we were departing...
Our Golden Circle Tour included Fiber, Falls and Steam plus a $55 Hot Dog! Reykjavík Our good luck with the weather continues as the forecast is for another wonderful day. We approached the Reykjavík cruise berth around 9:30 am and we were alongside and moored around...
Eggs in Merry Bay and The Orange Party Arrive at 7 am – Depart at 3 pm After 3 early starts, we enjoyed the opportunity to sleep in today. Our plan was to go ashore around noon and explore the Eggs at Merry Bay. In 2009, Icelandic artist Sigurður Guðmundsson...
Puffins and Elves were the highlights for today Seydisfjordur, Iceland Our good weather streak was looking like it might end this morning when I checked out the forecast on my phone. When you see a 90% chance of rain all day, it usually doesn’t...
Godafoss Falls and the Myvatn Nature Baths Akureyri, Iceland No tender today, which was nice as we could get an extra hour of sleep without having to be concerned with delays getting ashore. Good weather continues to follow our journey and while the temperatures would...
Dynjandi waterfall was the highlight of our first day in Iceland Our first port in Iceland was a tender port. We were scheduled to arrive at 8 am and our tour was scheduled to depart at 8:30 ashore. Our goal was to be on the first tender, but we had no idea how many...
Sailing the Denmark Strait, we enjoyed the second "Dressy Night" of the cruise We spent the day sailing through the Denmark Strait which was notable for the WWII Naval Battle between the British warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood and the German battleship...
Blue skies, blue water and white ice in Prince Christian Sound Todays scenic cruising was described by the Cruise and Travel Director as some of the best scenic cruising anywhere in the world. We were scheduled to start at 7 am and finish up around 3 pm. At 7 am we...
Colorful houses and friendly people Qaqortoq, Greenland. A solitary iceberg appeared outside our window, followed by the hazy outline of Greenland’s rocky coastline. It gets light early, around 5 am, allowing us to enjoy the coastline as we approached Qaqortog. We...
A lazy day in the Labrador Sea 8 August 2022 We enjoyed a relaxing day as we cruised the Labrador Sea heading toward Greenland. It was cool and windy outside, so most people stayed inside which tends to make some of the events more crowded than they might be on a...