We arrived in Reykjavik early in the morning on the Silver Endeavour. After disembarking, we took the $25 taxi ride for 5 minutes to our hotel. We checked in and sent a message to Ian and Carmel. They had been in Reykjavik since yesterday and within 5 minutes were knocking on the door of our … Continue reading An Icelandic Adventure
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Arctic Cruise Part 4 – Cruising Iceland
Day 10 Today we reached the northern tip of Iceland. I must say I was expecting a lot more ice. It was as green as a spring day in Ireland. Apparently Greenland is all ice. Someone must have been confused when they named these two countries. I guess it is summer here, so you can’t … Continue reading Arctic Cruise Part 4 – Cruising Iceland
Arctic Cruise Part 3: Svalbard to Iceland
Day 6 A nasty arctic tern Today we visited a couple of glaciers around Svalbard and took some zodiac cruises around them. We landed on an island and walked around an old research facility that has been long abandoned due to the harsh conditions. While we we walking around enjoying the magnificent views of the … Continue reading Arctic Cruise Part 3: Svalbard to Iceland
Arctic Cruise Part 2: Polar Plunge
Day 4 We woke to the most magnificent day in Svalbard. 10 degrees, sun shining, no breeze. Our ship was anchored in a harbour surrounded by white capped mountains. We were to go out on a shore excursion this morning to see a trapper’s hut and, hopefully, some wildlife. We donned all of the one … Continue reading Arctic Cruise Part 2: Polar Plunge
Arctic Cruise Part 1
Day 1 We arrived at the Oslo airport for our flight to Svalbard with plenty of time to spare. I had some tax to claim back from the tax refund counter and found that the counter was waaaaaaay at the other end of the terminal. It took me almost 10 minutes to walk there, only … Continue reading Arctic Cruise Part 1
The President in Oslo
We left Bergen early and after a long drive in the pouring rain arrived in the tiny town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics: Lillehammer. I mentioned in my last blog about how efficient the Scandinavians are, Lillehammer perfectly illustrated this. Lillehammer is a tiny town of only 24,000 people. They had no infrastructure in … Continue reading The President in Oslo
Norwegian Wood
After a short flight from Stockholm, we landed in Bergen, Norway. Talk about upping the ante. Every place we have been so far has been more beautiful than the last. Bergen is gorgeous. Rows of ancient, coloured, wooden houses line the various harbours, leaning this way and that as if holding each other up and … Continue reading Norwegian Wood
Let’s go fika
We arrived in Stockholm just after lunch and checked into our hotel in the old town. Stockholm is very picturesque. The old town is built on a small island where brightly coloured houses line the narrow, cobblestoned streets. You could be walking on a street in a little town in Tuscany. We wandered around enjoying … Continue reading Let’s go fika
A Date With the Danish
In 2019, we planned to travel to Scandinavia as part of a six month long trip to Europe. We’d booked everything months in advance, including 3 months in Italy. Just before we left, we learned about the Schengen zone. Apparently, 27 countries across Europe have an agreement that allows tourists from other countries, including Australia … Continue reading A Date With the Danish
Cruising from Broome to Darwin
Day Two Horizontal Falls On the second day of the Ponant cruise, we stopped in Talbot Bay. The ship had an awesome marina that slides out of the back, where they can pull up with two rubber dinghies at a time, called zodiacs, loading the passengers on very efficiently. This morning, we took our zodiacs … Continue reading Cruising from Broome to Darwin
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