Category: Norway and Iceland 2022

After arriving in port at Southampton, there was an option for one more excursion. Several of us chose Stonehenge. After stowing our luggage beneath the bus, we headed west to Stonehenge. There were the cutest grass thatch covered homes and buildings on the way there. For historical reasons, once there is a thatch then if… Continue reading Day 8, Stonehenge, England

Day 4 Iceland: Arrive Reykjavek, Temp 9C (48 F) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs/cuts southwest to northeast through Iceland. Diverging tectonic plates, the North American and Eurasian touch at the ridge, moving apart at the rate of 2 cm per year, new materials moving up from inside the earth as they move apart. First settlers arrived… Continue reading Day 4 Iceland, Best of the Golden Circle and Icelandic Horse Show

Iceland day 3: Arrived at Grundarfjordur: temperature this morning, 6 C (43 F). It is located in the Breidafjordur fjord. Grundarfjordur is in top center of the map. The excursion, a drive around the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, which juts out the west southwest side of Iceland lasted, lasted all day. Snaefellsnes Peninsula has the Snæfellsjökull volcano,… Continue reading Day 3 Iceland, Best of Snaefellsnes Peninsula

We saw fishing circles on the way in. We had also seen these also in Norway fjords. I googled it and learned they are for salmon breeding. Arrived at Isafjordur, which means ice fjord. It is part of the Westfjords, which at sea level is the coldest it gets in Iceland. This morning it was… Continue reading Day 2 Iceland, Best of West Fjords-Dynjandi Waterfall & Village

Iceland day 1: Arrived Akureyri (Ack you ray ree), located in the lower end of the Eyjafjörður Fjord. Since our excursion did not leave until afternoon, I walked into town. Stopping at the unusual visitor center, I asked for the best things to do in the two hours I had allotted. From there I walked… Continue reading Day 1 Iceland, Laufas Folk Museum, Godafoss Waterfall, Botanical Gardens

Day 3 Norway: Alesund. Alesund is basically on the west coast of Norway. There are islands all around Norway, and so I selected this excursion to visit islands. The mostly wooden town of Alesund burned in 1904; almost the entire town was destroyed; it was rebuilt by new law with stone, brick and mortar in… Continue reading Day 3 Norway, The Islands of Giske & Godoy

Day 2 Norway: Woke up at Olden. Olden is at eastern end of the Nordfjorden fjord. Breakfast on Lido deck: This morning instead of porridge (oatmeal) I tried the congee (rice, kind of slurried, looks like Cream of Wheat) with the recommended raisins, green onions, and ended up adding some of my orange juice for… Continue reading Day 2 Norway, Jostedal National Park and Videseter,

Good morning from Norway! What a perfect scene to wake up to out our veranda. Storybook. No words. Skjolden is on a tip of the Sognefjord. This excursion travels east from Skjolden, through a valley, up and over the pass then to the town of Lom, then return to ship. There is a west side… Continue reading Day 1 Norway, Best of Skjolden

Basically we had a straight through over night flight, leaving Austin at 6:20 pm, arriving Heathrow after 9 am.As we deplaned, we got a message boarding was delayed from noon to 3 pm, too late to change our ride to the ship. Very bad traffic trying to get in, turned out not only was the… Continue reading Day 0 Getting to the port of Southampton