August 23,2024 Reykjavik,Iceland We again woke to cold, cloudy skies…had cappuccinos, worked our puzzles and then we grabbed a taxi to the National Museum of Iceland. What a treat. The settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD by Norwegian explorers. The National Museum contains wonderful artifacts and does a fine job of conveying the history...
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August 22,2024 Reykjavik, Iceland It was raining when we woke, I made us cappuccinos and we worked our puzzles. After a while I headed to the gym…the treadmill was fantastic. Although it didn’t have Mahjong, I throughly enjoyed the simulated “hikes”. We set out across the open tundra for a visit to Harpa. When we...
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August 21,2024 Reykjavik, Iceland On our last morning on board Symphony, we woke to a steady rain, had coffee, said goodbye to Fernando, who insisted on walking us off the ship and proceeded to a tent to collect our luggage. There is no terminal in Copenhagen at the “old port” where we were docked, so...
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Our 10 days on Endeavor went by in a flash. We spent our last day driving around Heimaey. The rain and wind only slightly impacted our enjoyment of Herjolfur in Vestmannaeyjar. It’s the site of an annual Burning Man type of gathering. Thousands of folks assemble for an enormous bon fire and a weekend of...
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Our first visit to Heimaey occurred in 2015 on a Crystal Symphony transatlantic crossing. On that day, we tendered to shore, walked around the town and lava fields and returned to the ship after a few hours. It was cold, rainy and dreary and we had no clue about the Island, its history or how...
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It’s been four weeks since our kayak misadventure and I’m still struggling with how to characterize it. This was only our second time in a kayak and most likely our last. I’m certainly not a quitter and I have a suspicion that if we could just practice on a very calm, windless waterway (or in...
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One of my favorite experiences onboard is waking up and opening the drapes. I have phone in hand to memorialize the beginning of the day. Here are the first photos from our visit to Seydisfjordur. Another lovely breakfast and we were off on a zodiac to explore this beautiful fjord. Stunning scenery and I’m not...
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We awoke in another beautiful fjord. I took this photo from the balcony as we ate breakfast. After breakfast I set out with a small group of shipmates on a tender for the village of Vopnafjorour. It’s a tiny fishing village with just 600 or so residents and no real visitors to speak of. Just...
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Tim was up and out on the veranda early on our 5th day aboard Endeavor. That’s Grimsey Island and the Arctic Circle in front of Timmy. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d ever have the opportunity to cross the Arctic Circle. But we did. Not once, but according to Captain Larson, we...
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Our anniversary breakfast was delivered early as we had a full day planned. We set off for a cool little village- Siglufiordur. We spent a quick 10 minutes or so in the tender, then walked through the port and the village to our first destination: Frida, a chocolate shop. We were very much enjoying the...
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