Greenland
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Note 25 – Summary of Iconic Iceland, Greenland, and Canada 2023
We’ve been home a week, laundry is done and pretty much everything is put up until the next trip. I’ve caught up on mail and bills and the crazy amount of dust that settled in the house while we were gone (thanks to help from Dave, too!). I got Mom caught up with updates on…
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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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Note 3 – Packing – It’s Going to be HOW Cold?
Most people who know me have heard me remark, “I was born in the South for a reason. I can’t handle temps below 70°F!”. Although I must admit that I, too, am weary of the weeks of 100°F+ heat that we’ve had in Texas this summer. And now, we are going to ICE-land! Really? From…
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Note 1 – Getting Started & Where to Next
In my working years, I had a technical blog which I intended to convert to more personal entries upon retirement. Somehow, I never got around to doing more than one post announcing my intentions. Fast forward six years and here we are – we have traveled, we each experienced the loss of a parent, we…
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