Another early morning and another nice breakfast. No talk - no rush. From my window seat in the Oceanview Cafe, I watched the approach to Isafjordur.
Isafjordur is a small town in the Westfjords -Western part of Iceland. It has a population of just over 2700 people and is known mainly for its amazing landscapes. Other than that, there is not much else to see or do in the town.
It is a cool and cloudy day. The excursions here are really pricey and the town is really a long walk from where the ship is docked so we have decided to stay on board today. It’s not a long day here so that makes sense. We have the best seats in the house – the two seats in the Sky Lounge anteroom.
From this vantage point, we can get some nice views of the area and town. The area near the ship looks pretty industrial with very few buildings. Across the fjord, there is an long mountain that is generally covered with clouds. We were told that if you do walk to the town there is one restaurant there - not enough of an incentive for us.
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There is also a small airstrip (Runway 28) parallel to the mountain - we did see a small plane land. It must be an interesting and scenic approach.
We are scheduled to do a face to face meeting with Icelandic Immigration after dinner in the Sky Lounge but we sort of snuck in during a lull in the stream of people (we were sitting right there and could check out the crowd). The process was very quick. Our passports were taken (probably to be looked over again by Iceland Immigration).
I met with the new Activities Manager, Kristine, down in
her office. While I was there, Ana
Dulce, headed now for Celebrity Reflection, was finishing up. I reminded her about the travel expenses I
had turned in days ago and she put together the package while I was there and said it would show
up on my account before the cruise books closed.
There are two new lecturers on board – Samantha Olson (Naturalist); J.
Kelly Beatty (Astronomer). I might
attend the latter's talks. We also have a
new Master of the Vessel as well – we have sailed with Captain Morfis Passalis before (has a
shtick about how young he looks). His daily announcements always have a philosophical tidbit included.
The sailaway was very early and we watched it from our terrific seats.
When we returned to our cabin to get ready for dinner, we found two "Crossing Certificates". Since we hadn't yet crossed the Arctic Circle, I wasn't sure what we had accomplished. It turns out the this is the first "cold weather" cruise for the Celebrity Eclipse. So, she crossed from warm into cold weather. We do, by the way, get pretty close to the Arctic Circle when we are in Iceland (about 40 miles).
Ellen looked so good in her dinner outfit that it warranted a picture.
After dinner in the Oceanview Café, we passed on the Production Show, “Topper”, for a variety of reasons and instead took in a bit of Next Stage's Set in the Foyer. Some passengers were part of the act - one was playing a harmonica and the other was out there dancing with people.
Tomorrow is disembarkation day for this cruise in Reykjavik. We do not have that much to do to get ready for
the turnaround.
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