Nancy
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Note 17 – Fire and Ice – Akureyri
Expected weather: Hi 44F / Low 32F, Showers Seas: Rough to Moderate Population: 19,219 / 352,721 Akureyri is Iceland’s largest city outside the capital region of Reykjavik – although I don’t know if it would qualify as a “city” in Texas, more like a “town”! It is nicknamed the “Capital of the North” and there…
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Note 16 – Westfjords and Majestic Waterfalls – ĺsafjördur, Iceland
Expected weather: Hi 50F / Low 42F, Rain 61% Seas: Moderate Population: 2,744 / 352,721 We have arrived in Iceland! And, yes, that is the town’s population as well as the country of Iceland’s total population. ĺsafjördur is the 13th largest town in Iceland. We have 7 cities in Texas alone that have larger populations…
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Note 15 – Eat, Blog, Repeat – Sea Day 4
Expected weather: Hi 50F, Mostly Cloudy, Foggy Seas: Moderate We are getting the hang of sea days. Today we are sailing the Atlantic Ocean. Per the captain’s Noon report, the sea temp and the air temp are both 50F today, and we will experience moderate seas increasing to 7-8 feet, plus increasing winds. At Noon…
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Note 14 – Serendipity – Prince Christian Sound
Expected weather: Hi 43F, Rainy Seas: Calm I did not originally realize that we’d have this sailing experience when we left Nanortalik for Iceland until we went to the port talk a couple of days ago. What an incredible afternoon we had yesterday! We left the rain behind in Nanortalik and had beautiful sunlit vistas…
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Note 13 – Grateful – Nanortalik, Greenland
Expected weather: Hi 43F, Showers Seas: Calm Population: 1185 / 56,421 When I stepped outside onto our balcony this morning, it was 40F with a “feels like” temp of 32F! However, there was some sunshine and slivers of blue peeking through the marine layer. It appeared that the expected showers may not arrive until we…
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Note 12 – Bergs and Furs – Qaqortoq, Greenland
Expected weather: Hi 48F, Rainy Seas: Calm Population: 3050 / 56,421 We were back in The Restaurant for a late, leisurely breakfast this morning. As we expected to be off the ship during lunch, we ate a little heartier than usual. The food was good but there were a couple of misses this morning in…
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