Steve and Cathy's Blog

Overnight, we have traveled 206 nautical miles to the Westfjords, and are dropping an anchor at the largest town on the peninsula at 8:00am. As we cruise into the harbor, we see what a beautiful day it is and get a glimpse of the beautiful scenery we are in store for on our tour.  Entrance to Isafjordur Fish farm near harbor Town of Isafjordur, Iceland Our tour, entitled Dynjandi Waterfall and Local Village, will begin at

After such a busy day yesterday, and knowing that we will be boarding MS Sirena by 2:30pm today, we take our time getting started. Enjoying another wonderful breakfast buffet, packing up, checking out, and stowing our luggage until it’s time to go to the ship. We also take time to thank the young lady who we had managed to allow us to ride in the bus taking her Oceania guests to the ship and explain that

We awaken at 7am. The sun has been streaming in for almost three hours already, so we are quickly made aware of how far north we are (some northern parts if Iceland are actually slightly above the Arctic Circle). Even in mid-August, sunset is after 9pm. The other indication is the temperature – a cool 45 degrees Fahrenheit, forecast to reach a balmy high temperature of 52 degrees. It is a beautiful, mostly sunny day. We

Cathy and Steve are ‘on the road again.’ We are taking a cruise – in two segments – from Reykjavik, Iceland. It will last thirty-two days, ending on September 17th. Above is a map of the first segment that begins in Reykjavik and ends in Oslo. We came two days early to get an introduction to Reykjavik, the capital, and take the Golden Circle tour, the country’s most popular. Our adventure requires a 2,000-mile flight from