Blogs from Oceans and Seas - page 2

Today we boarded our ship, thanks to Sophie and Cory driving us to Fremantle docks. We offloaded our large suitcases and went upstairs to the waiting area. As we entered they called for all people with cards #18 to proceed to checkin - the lady at the door gave us #18, so there was no waiting. The checkin lady was a Perth lady who used to work for Qantas, but then she retired and she and her husband do this for Cunard about 12 times/year. From checkin we went to the next room which was security and X-ray machines. We were all ready to hand over the newly purchased Margaret River gins and Shiraz that we had EXTRA to our allocated one bottle of bubbly each (plus our bubbly stopper and two plastic crystal-look flutes). But ... read more

After leaving Dutch Harbor it was a five day passage across the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean to our first port of call in Japan. Every night we added an extra hour of sleep as we crossed multiple time zones and then lost a day as we crossed the International Dateline. There was plenty to do on those sea days as Silversea packed the daily schedule with interesting events and activities. The Assistant Cruise Director gave iPhone lessons and he even set up my phone with a SIM card so it would work in Japan. There were two Arts and Crafts instructors on board offering jewelry making classes, water color painting, dot art and origami folding classes. There were dance and bridge lessons available. We played ping pong and in the process met some ... read more

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary we signed up for a Celebrity cruise from Cape Liberty NY with stops in Halifax, St. John’s, Greenland then 3 stops in Iceland. We tacked on 3 extra days in Reykjavik to get in some extra sightseeing. Here are a few sample pics.... read more

DAY 23 SEES US ARRIVE IN OUR FINAL PORT IN GREENLAND QAQORTOQ. pronounced Kar-hor-tock,its the largest city in Southern Greenland with 3000 inhabitants. Lots of coloured houses. We now have left Qaqortoq and are on our way to Isafjordur in Iceland,it will take us 2 days at sea 813 nautical miles Enjoy the photos KS... read more

Hello Everyone We left Nuuk in rain and fog,not long into the journey our Captain made an announcement that the Danish authorities had been in touch To say they are to many big ice bergs on the way to ILULISSAT so we changed direction and headed for Nanortalik the most southern town in Greenland,1,000 people live there,it’s like time has stood still for many folk,the people were so friendly to us and they sold products on the side of road,it was a beautiful place ,feel so privileged to have seen it. We are now headed for the Tasermiut Fjord in southwesternGreenland it is a 70 kilometre long fjord.Administratively it is part of the Kujalleq municipality we get there about 10 in the morning and cruise through till 5pm,our next port to dock will be Qaqortoq Enjoy ... read more