We arrive in grey overcast to our last port before Reykjavik, pressaging a cloudy night ahead for our eclipse.  We are resigned to poor visibiity.   Our ship which was… Read more »

I wake to a beautiful pink sunrise —  this is really almost the land of the midnight sun as the sun rises around 4:30 and sets at about 10 pm. … Read more »

When we woke in our cabins as our ship entered the waters of Iceland near Djupivogur, the ship was rocking and we could hear the wind outside through our balcony… Read more »

Of my recent trips abroad, our experiences on the Faroe Islands were probably the most surprising.  In part because I knew nothing about the country in advance, except that it… Read more »

Invergordon We sail into Northern Scotland.   I had arranged private tours for us for the next two days with Tartan Trailblazers, a woman owned tour company which proved an… Read more »

Edinburgh We are floating in a calm sea toward the Faroe Islands after a wonderful three days in Scotland, from Edinburgh, to Invergordon, to Scrabster in the far North. My… Read more »

Mandal is described in the literature as one of the prettiest small towns on the Norway coast and its main street and local homes are indeed attractive and historical —… Read more »

This is our first full day on our 2 week excursion from Copenhagen through the Danish straits and North Sea to Scotland, the Faroe Islands and finally Iceland, where we… Read more »