What itinerary?

Progress is very slow, so more time at sea. The captain gave a talk about the weather and its effect on navigation. He seems to know what he is doing. The cookery demonstration was given by an Indian chef, who showed us how to make chicken tikka massala.  The best question afterwards was: ‘I have never heard of fenugreek. Where can I buy it? I live in central Florida.’ Clearly never heard of Google, yellow pages or the information desk at the supermarket, either.

The continuing storm and strong head winds meant that Silver Whisper arrived in Iceland 12 hours late. It was so good to see the land and sleep through a calm night. So the visit to Iceland was one day later than planned. The next priority is that we get our days in Greenland, so to get the trip back on schedule, Anse aux meadows in Northern Canada has been cancelled.  That means missing the museum about the Vikings who are thought to have been the first people to cross the Atlantic from Europe.

Reykjavik is a small but pleasant city, with a combination of old painted wooden buildings and new glass ones. The new Harpa building, housing the Opera House,  convention space, shops and bars, is stunning and worth a visit inside and out. TSH and Diva didn’t feel the need for a visit to the Blue Lagoon, geysers etc as its only a few years since they did all that, so they enjoyed several hours walking around the city, without the time pressure of an excursion. Departure is late afternoon and the cushions are back in the glasses cupboard.

Dinner with the Doctor tonight.