Category: Transatlantic Treasures
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Isafjordur, Iceland
I am so incredibly bummed that I can’t figure out the electronics of the ship’s crazy internet in order to share my pictures with you….one of these days. Isafjordur is unlike anyplace we have been. A town of nearly 3000, it has almost no trees or bushes. The rough and…
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Historic Day
Even up here in Reykjavik, it feels like a historic day for America. (We do get MSN and a 4-page newspaper.) Despite the continued refusal of Republicans to approve necessary legislation, the legislation has passed. It appears that the documents owned by the USA are being retrieved from Trump’s home,…
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How is a Cruise Ship Like a CCRC? (and good news!)
Bored, that’s me. Pondering the relationship between my CCRC home and my current isolated, temporary residence on a cruise ship and realizing that both have lots in common: demographic challenges, COVID recovery, very similar labor issues, and long-term issues of environmental sustainability. How’s that for boring? Looking around this ship…
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Bye-bye Reykjavik, Stage 2 Starts Here
Sad to report that both of us have now fully canceled all Reykjavik excursions; we’ll see that trendy, ancient town from the ship, from separate balconies. Our ship is scheduled to circuit Iceland; we hope that this will provide photo ops as well. Bob continues to recuperate, suffering primarily a…
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Not sure of the most descriptive word for this news…
We encourage you to contribute your thoughts on the best response (use the comments option, please, and I will share your responses) to today’s news that Bob’s COVID test was positive. He is now in quarantine, still in his own lovely room with balcony, reduced as I have been to…
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What?
What should appear below is a NYTimes article about Thursday’s volcano eruption in Iceland. It should have no impact on our activity, but it is an unexpected reminder of still more challenges…. If you don’t see the article load, just leave a comment and move on.
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Splendid Greenland Fjord
Be cool my friends in the heat wave. We all woke early to take pictures of Prince Kristian’s Sound in Greenland, stunningly beautiful. I’m still quarantined, so all of these photos are me juggling my laptop to take the shots; Bob–still COVID negative–is running all over the ship with great…
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Itinerary Change #2: Bad weather in Narsaq
Greenland is tricky to access, to put it mildly. Still, we spoiled-for-unique-adventure tourists love the idea of visiting those hard to get to authentic sites. We’re told that the weather is only suitable for ships for one or two weeks a year (end of July, first of August) during the…
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Land of the Icebergs
Bob woke me at 5 am to stand on our deck and view the sunrise over the gleaming white icebergs floating near the Greenland coast; a rainbow curved down and met the sunrise colorband. Breathtaking, awesome and made the trip worthwhile. I sent him on his way to Qarqortoq (spelled…
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No Nuuk- Itinerary Change #1
18-20 foot swells in Nuuk? Thanks, but no thanks, so we won’t go there. Instead the Greenland ports have been rearranged, a new one added, and we are sailing on gentle seas toward Qaqortoq. Some gentle swells last night almost launched me into several diners; clearly, my sea legs are…
Uncharted Waters 