Cruise Talk

For visitors who have never been to Reykjavik, my first and foremost tour recommendation is The Golden Circle Tour which includes the Thingvellir National Park, Geysir, and Golden Falls. We very much enjoyed that tour in 2019 during our visit, you can see our pictures and report on that tour here. The Blue Lagoon is also an expensive but must-do activity. You can learn about that tour, which we also did in 2019 here. For… Read more

Our Billboard On Board singer/piano duet sang “The 59th Street Bridge Song” one night by Simon and Garfunkle, and I can’t remember if it was before or after we visited the port of Djipivogur. The lyrics are: “Slow down, you… Read more

Simply put, the reward at the top of the hills in Seydisfjordur is this spectacular waterfall. Just 2.11 Miles from the edge of town, this waterfall is worth the uphill hike to get there. It is about 2.5 miles from… Read more

If you have never been to Akureyri before, you absolutely need to take the tour that goes out to the spectactular Godafoss fall, Lava Fields, and Thermal Baths near Myvtan Lake. We did that when we where in Akureyri in… Read more

Isafjordur is a beautiful remote town in the Northwestern part of Iceland. It is really a pretty tiny village, and we took a boat from the village over to Hesteyri across the West Fjords area of Iceland. Here is the… Read more

Between the mountain scenery, the glaciers, the peas soup, the gluewein and the spectacular views from the front of the ship, this might have been my favorite day onboard the ship. This 100 mile passage links the Labrador Sea on… Read more

Greenland is one of the most remote and least visited places on the planet. The colorful houses and dramatic lanscape accent the warm hospitality and simple way of life of the people of Qaqortaq, Greenland. We explored this tiny town… Read more