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Day 52 - Belfast: Getting Here
The alarm went off at 5:15 AM, which is always early, but felt earlier as we stayed up with our friends until midnight. No one wanted to...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Day 52 - Moving Day
We are sad our cruise is finished and we won’t be hanging out with Reed, Lorenzo, Jerry, Jason, Linda, Deb, Heidi, Laura, Will, and Tyler...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 51 - Isafjorour
Today is our last cruise day and we are in Isafjorour. Ísafjörður is a town in the Westfjords region of northwest Iceland. It's known for...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Day 50 - Akureyri
Today we toured the town of Akureyri. Akureyri is a city at the base of Eyjafjörður Fjord in northern Iceland. In the center, the 1940...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 50 - Eyjafjorour Fjord
What a morning! I woke at 4:00 AM as the Captain said that’s when we would be entering the Eyjafjorour Fjord, the longest fjord in...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 48 - Sea
Another sea day. We played Deal or No Deal and we did not win! We played more bingo. I hot tubbed first thing this morning, which is cool...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 49 - at Sea but missing Harry Potter
We finally got our fourth Harry Potter fix today when the cruise staff hosted a Harry Potter trivia. We didn’t win, but we certainly held...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Day 49 - Sea
Started the day in the hot tub! It was a gorgeous morning. Not sure if the temp, but feels like 60 degrees. And the weather completely...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 47 - Sea
This is day one of three sea days in a row. We found out that due to the fog, we are not going to Grundarfjordur. We have to slow down...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 46 - Nuuk: Fjords
We made it to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, which is farther south than Reykjavik. We went on a tour of the Fjords in this boat. And a...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 45 - Sea
The captain came on at 8:30 this morning and told us it was too foggy, too dangerous, yada yada yada; basically, no port today, so Sea...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 44 - Nanortalik: Port 1, part 2
Nanortalik, formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 43 - Sea
Today was a sea day. We lounged, I napped, we played trivia and bingo. Saw the show Band on the Run - a lot of singing and dancing to...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 44 - Nanortalik: Greenland Port 1
While there isn’t much to say about the town, other than it’s colorful, waking up to icebergs everywhere this morning was amazing.
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 42 - Moving Day: NCL Star
We are on the move again. Today we embark on a ten day cruise that stops in Greenland and Iceland. Amazingly, there are three stops in...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 41 - Rekjavik: a day in the city
While Maggie and Jason are playing golf, the rest of the group found other things to see in the city of Reykjavík. I started my day at...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 41 - Reykjavik: Golf
I found a golf course and my golf buddy arrived! Jason landed at 7ish, got to the hotel at 10ish, walked into an occupied room at...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 40 - Reykjavik: Golden Circle and Waterfalls Tour
Today we left the city for a tour that went north and included Pingvallavatn, Geysers, waterfalls, a tomato farm, and a volcanic crater....
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Day 39 - Reykjavik: We have friends
Reykjavik is where we catch a cruise in a few days to tour Iceland and Greenland. When we got to the hotel, we met up with Dallas...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Day 39 – A picture is worth 1,000 words aka How to read a train map
When you arrive at the train terminal, there is always a hubbub of activity. But it is relatively easy to find information about your...
Maggie Thompson
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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