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Day 4
August 7th At Sea (Baffin Bay) They should always give you a sea day on your first day of a cruise. It gives you time to work out where you put everything when you unpacked in haste the previous night, sort your cabin out, and get an idea of what the ship is like….
Day 3
August 6th, 2026 We had an early morning. We had to leave our suitcases outside our hotel room door by 6:00 AM. I demanded that they be left outside way before 6:00 as I didn’t want them to miss the boat. The next time we will see them is in our cabin, but by that…
Day 2
August 5th, 2026 Our missing suitcase was delivered just as we were going to bed last night, which was a good thing too as it contained our rain gear that we will need for our tour today. There are so many day trips that can be done from Reykjavik picking one was…
Day 1
August 4th, 2026 Well our concerns about hand luggage turned out to be accurate. When we checked in for our Icelandair flight we were asked to place our hand luggage in the luggage sizer – phew, my red bag was an exact fit. Even half an inch bigger would not have…
Getting Ready
Packing for this cruise turned out to be easier than expected. I mean you want to make sure you are dressed appropriately enough for zooming around in Zodiacs. This involved risking life and limb during the search of the depths of our basement for a storage tub called…
Itinerary
We will be arriving in Reykjavik on August 4th to give us a day to get over the flight (It’s a Boeing 737, no lay flat seats on the plane) and get to see a bit of Iceland before we fly to Greenland on August 6th. Wed, August 5 Reykjavik, Iceland Thur, August 6…
Prologue
Back in September last year we thought we had all of our summer travel plans in place for 2026. No need to add anything to a very busy schedule. Then Cape Spear happened. We were at the Cape Spear Lighthouse, and it ended up costing us a lot of money. We were on the…
Day 8
July 10th New York Usually I get up to watch us go under the Verrazzano Narrows bridge, and wave at the Statue of Liberty, but somehow, I missed it, and when I woke up, there was the port of Brooklyn right in front of us. A familiar, but not attractive sight. It is…
Day 7
July 9th, 2026 At Sea Our last sea day. Actually, our last day. We went through dense fog last night, so I went to sleep listening to the mournful sounds of the foghorn. Feeling very envious for the folks in the Queens Grill suites at the front of the ship, they must…
Day 6
July 8th, 2026 Halifax When we woke up this morning the tide was high again. It must be fascinating to live here and watch the tides, although I suppose you may get bored after a while. I know I wouldn’t though. Cresthaven by the Sea where we are staying has 3 guest…
Day 5
July 7th Bay of Fundy By the time I woke up we were already in Halifax, there was no doubt about it. We headed to the Westin Hotel to the car rental desk. When we had rented a car in Halifax previously the rental office was right near the pier, but the hotel is only…
Day 4
July 6th, 2026 At Sea Finally a sea day. When I looked out of the balcony it was quite overcast and difficult to identify where the horizon was, it was all a light blue blur. However, later on there was an actual demarcation on the horizon, but the sun never shone,…
