Wow…this was a crazy day!! We started off with Gudafoss waterfall. 40 feet tall and 99 feet wide! It is just feet from the road and gorgeous, a little Niagara Falls. The name means waterfall of the Gods. We will learn over the next week or so that Icelanders are very much tied into their…

Getting off the ship, my first view of Iceland, there were 25 waterfalls in my view!!! 25!!!!  E-bikes today!!! The bikes they had were pretty heavy (65 pounds) so I had trouble getting on and off because I was afraid I was going to drop the bike. If someone held the bike for me, I…

Our one and only day at sea: they really have a lot going on. We played Bingo. $30 for 6 cards and then they divided the cash throughout the games, the first game paid about $240 and the last game paid over $400!!! Of course, none of us won but the cards were cool and…

Slower start today since our excursion did not leave until noonish. The first sop on our bus ride was to walk over the Atlantic Ocean! So we walked the Clachan Bridge, 72 feet long and 35 feet high which spans the Clachan Sounds who drinks into the Atlantic Ocean. This is the only place in…

Time changed overnight and we totally screwed up the alarm (trying to figure out if our phone would change time on or off wi-fi really screwed things up) and instead of being able to sleep in late, we were jolted out of bed at 6:00am!!! Lerwick is a charming town of about 23,000 folks. Peaceful…

July 7 We were waitlisted for the excursion that we wanted but in the meantime we decided we would do our own thing. We walked into the town and did a lot of shopping damage. Stores here were about the best shopping we have found. We booked a 2 hour driving tour for the afternoon…

Today was a pretty amazing day! A 2 hour bus ride to a Viking Village treated us to such gorgeous scenery! The Hardangerfjord, in western Norway,  is the 2nd longest fjord in Norway and the 3rd longest in the world. I simply cannot explain how many waterfalls there are here. There are some huge impressive…

On July 5, our excursion to see Bundhusdalen glacier left at 8am. The description of the excursion was a little misleading: did not tell us we would be hiking almost 2 miles uphill!! The glacier far away and unimpressive but the scenery up to the glacier was breathtaking! I took some beautiful video but the…

So our first port was Kristiansand. We hopped on a RIB boat, an inflatable, and sped through the Olaf Strait to a small island, Vara Battery, that was occupied by 200 Nazis and 500 Russian prisoners. They built a fort, Movik Fort, and a huge highway of tunnels throughout the island to support their cannons…

Onboard today about 1:00. Found out that the port stop for tomorrow was cancelled due to weather and that we were not even leaving port until tomorrow. Oh well. They did have a shuttle that would take us to see the front of the Little Mermaid so Jackie and I headed out. Cold and Rainy…

The changing of the guard at the Amalienborg Castle happens at Noon so we Ubered over there to catch it. Since the Monarchy was not in residence, it did not include the Royal Band. To be honest, the whole thing was pretty boring, long times when they just stood there.  We got our Smorrebrods for…

The short one hour flight to Copenhagen was uneventful (tho the A/C was not turned on until take off and it was really hot in there!) Met our driver and headed to Bryggen Guldsmenen Hotel where we have a family suite: 2 bedrooms and a living area. It is nice to spread out a bit after…