We arrived in Denmark in the morning. The whole country of Denmark is very flat. Apparently, the average elevation is just a little above sea level. Sadly, Claire is still in covid jail so I had to tour on my own and take pictures for both of us. Our guide was a retired school teacher who was very knowledgeable. We started at the fountain which was supposed to put on a show at 3:00. I went out after I returned from the excursion to catch it, but there was nothing to catch. We went to the old castle and stood in the courtyard. The outside is painted all white, however the courtyard side of all of the buildings are half timbered. There was a dungeon in the inside corner. The buildings are being used by the ... read more

Today we were not getting into port in Oslo until noon, so no alarm today. The nurse came by and took vitals and all was well with both of us. They tested Susan to see if she can get out of quarantine. We watched as the ship came down the fjord. This fjord doesn’t have the high mountains like before. Susan said it looked like a cruise on Lake James. We got to Oslo around noon and luckily, we docked again on the starboard side. Today was like yesterday, food, movies, reading, email,… Just boring. Susan’s results were supposed to be back around 4, but no call. She called down to the medical center after it opened and they said the Dr would call her when he had time. Around 5:45, she got the call. They ... read more

Well today started out good for me. I woke up in my separate room, they didn’t want me in the room with Susan. I do miss her though. My room is only a couple of rooms away from Susan and we can wave to each other on the balcony. I first headed to medical for my PCR test, then took off. I masked up and headed to the bus for the waterfall and catamaran excursion that we paid for. Susan’s excursion is being refunded. On the way up to the waterfall, the guide kept saying, you might not see it and we don’t have time to wait for the sun to burn off the fog. What??? We paid a lot of money for this. Well, when the bus arrived, it was still a bit foggy but ... read more

We started bright and early and drove to the National Park. This park is a UNESCO world heritage site, and is the place of the first parliament in Iceland more than 800 years ago. For several hundred years the delegates, their families, and support community would meet for about two weeks in the summer. They camped and fished in the lake. The lake happens to be in the rift valley where the American plate and the European plate are constantly pulling apart from each other. The lake formed when the part in between sank, and is the largest lake in Iceland. The earliest settler in Iceland was said to have arrived in 870. Man it was windy today, serious wind, the kind that is hard to stand up in. Our bus traveled from the American plate ... read more

After getting no sleep on the overnight direct flight from Raleigh, we finally landed in Reykjavík. The five minute border patrol took one hour, they needed to make a new sign. We boarded a bus for the hour-long ride to the hotel where we met four or five other buses from other cruise lines arriving at the same time. What a mess! After a quick breakfast we checked in and took a short rest. However, we don't like wasting even a minute of a vacation, so we headed out to see Reykjavík on foot. We walked the harbor and then headed to the shopping district which had some quaint, Icelandic architecture. In the midst of all of the nice shops was a "Phallus Museum". Needless to say, you don't have to think very hard to realize ... read more