This is blog post #22 from our tour of northern Europe. On Wednesday, July 16th, we arrived at our second Greenland port stop, Qaqortoq (formerly known as Julianehåb), and started tendering ashore at 08:00. We didn’t have any plans, but the ports where that’s been the case have worked...

This is blog post #21 from our tour of northern Europe. On Tuesday, July 15th, we were offshore from Paamiut, Greenland, having arrived the previous night. We would tender ashore after breakfast. Cathy and I planned to look around the community for as long as she wanted, then I...

This is blog post #20 from our tour of northern Europe. Monday, July 14th, was technically our third “at sea” day from Iceland – that is, we didn’t touch land. But as with yesterday’s incredible day in Prince Christian Sound, today offered much more than open sea. We got...

This is blog post #19 from our tour of northern Europe. On Sunday, July 13th, we sailed into Prins Christian Sund (Prince Christian Sound). I’ll begin by saying that this 62-mile-long fjord system provided the most spectacular cruising I have ever experienced, and my regular readers know that I’ve...

This is, compared to what I have been posting, a mini-post, with only 15 photos, to show you a bit more of what our days at sea are like. On Friday, July 11th, we sailed from Ísafjörður, bound for Greenland. We spent a day on the open sea, then...

This is blog post #17 from our tour of northern Europe. On Friday, July 11th, we were docked at Isafjordur, Iceland, from 07:00 until 15:00, and went on a 4-hour bus tour to experience the Dynjandi waterfalls. It was an excellent, well-balanced day. My day began early as usual,...

This is blog post #16 from our tour of northern Europe. At 10 pm on Wednesday, July 9th, we docked at the Akureyri cruise ship dock that was built in 2019 to encourage more visits. We had been scheduled to arrive at 08:00 on July 10th, but we were...

This is blog post #15 from our tour of Europe. On Monday and Tuesday, July 7th and 8th, we were at sea on our way to Iceland. On Wednesday, July 9th, we tendered ashore at Húsavik and took an all-day bus tour called the Diamond Circle, “a magnificent circuit...

This is blog post #14 from our tour of Europe. On Sunday, July 6th, we cruised through spectacular fjords to and from Alta, and visited the UNESCO-listed prehistoric rock art site near Alta. My day began early as always – the first photo was shot at 04:25 ater I...

This is blog post #13 from our tour of Europe. On Saturday, July 5th, we were docked at Hammerfest, Norway, from 08:00 until 23:00. We had no plans, but I ended up having a very busy day with some excellent hiking. Located at 70.4° North Latitude, Hammerfest has a...