{"id":12348,"date":"2017-08-31T19:29:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=12348"},"modified":"2018-03-10T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T23:39:46","slug":"sea-day-iceland-to-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=12348","title":{"rendered":"Sea Day – Iceland to Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday – August 31, 2017<\/p>\n

We left Isafjordur, Iceland about five o\u2019clock yesterday and cruised through the magnificent Isafjardardjup<\/em> fjord and out to the Norwegian Sea. \u00a0Captain Eric van der Wal \u00a0made an announcement to expect heavy seas of twelve to fourteen feet during the night, but fortunately it was a smooth ride and I slept soundly.<\/p>\n

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Today the Rotterdam is moving southwest through the Danish Strait on our way to Greenland. \u00a0The fog horn sounded early this morning and the horizon is a misty line between the inky sea and the gray sky. \u00a0I hope the radar works!<\/p>\n

We went up to the Crow\u2019s Nest which is in the bow above the Bridge. \u00a0This is the \u201croom” where the officers navigate and \u2018drive\u2019 the ship. \u00a0In the old days it might have been called \u201cthe wheelhouse\u201d but today\u2019s ships don\u2019t have wheels; they have something that resembles a \u2018joy stick\u2019 to steer the gigantic ship. I think it would be fun to see the Bridge and the crew in action, but they never allow spectators. \u00a0I believe they use Auto-Pilot and technology most of the time when the ship is just cruising.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we like to sit in the Crow\u2019s Nest on the comfortable chairs facing out to sea and the horizon, sort of like getting the captain\u2019s view. \u00a0 We took our laptops and worked on our respective blogs. \u00a0An elderly man sat next to me and he began talking to me. \u00a0His name was Charlie and he told me he was 90 years old this year. \u00a0I tried to type, but Charlie seemed to want to talk and he told me all about his experiences during World War II. \u00a0And about his childhood and his two girlfriends, and his wife, and other details of his life. \u00a0He was an interesting character with a long life. \u00a0As he talked, the weather cleared. \u00a0Charlie eventually left to meet with a group of American veterans. \u00a0He sort of lives on the ship.<\/p>\n

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After lunch, we went to a presentation by Location Guide Barbara who told us all about Nanortalik, Greenland. \u00a0This was one of the towns located in the southern part of Greenland that we would be visiting next.<\/p>\n

The bakers and pastry chefs on the ship did a great job! \u00a0Too good! \u00a0There was a variety of excellent breads and delicious pastries:<\/p>\n

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We also went to a lecture given by Dr. Bendel who talked about the Solar System. \u00a0Dr. Bendel was a meteorologist who had an interest in astronomy and his lectures were very good.<\/p>\n

The day passed quickly\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday – August 31, 2017 We left Isafjordur, Iceland about five o\u2019clock yesterday and cruised through the magnificent Isafjardardjup fjord and out to the Norwegian Sea. \u00a0Captain Eric van der Wal \u00a0made an announcement to expect heavy seas of twelve to fourteen feet during the night, but fortunately it was a smooth ride and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruising","category-greenland","category-iceland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13918,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12348\/revisions\/13918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}