Category: Iceland

This trip, so far, has been slightly frustrating for several reasons. Four Iceland port-stops being reduced down to two is one of them. It’s no-one’s fault, of course; the weather has been such that the decision to abort our stop in Husavik was clearly a sensible one, based on maximising the safety of the passengers. Unfortunately, it also meant that...

The newly-arranged itinerary meant I had an unexpected class today (Blues Afloat – a simple boat scene in three colours), and an opportunity to take in a couple of lectures. We arrived in Reykjarvik, the Capital of Iceland, at approximately 4:30pm, giving us a few hours to go exploring before dinner time. The distance into the town centre from the...

Last night we saw the Aurora Borealis. We didn’t do the excursion – although by all accounts, they saw the Northern Lights too – we saw them off the back of the ship. It was about 10pm; we’d missed the show because of faffing about with Tracey’s computer, and were sat enjoying a relaxing drink in Scot’s Lounge, when one...

Today, we were scheduled to arrive at Husavik, our first Icelandic port-of-call. Even more excitingly, Tracey and I were assigned tour-escorting duties on the Whale-watching excursion. Sadly, we never made it… Approaching Iceland for the first time is something that I’m never going to forget. We were due to arrive sometime around midday, but the spectacular, snow-covered landscape of Northern...

The whole ship was up early today, for what can only described as ‘The Main Event’. We set the alarm for 7:30am, had finished breakfast and was up on the top deck with the milling throng, by 8:30am. As you can imagine, the anticipation was quite intense. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t playing ball. The captain explained over the PA that...