A pretty smooth ride up the coast of Greenland and through a fjord to reach Qaqortoq, our second time here. The night before we decided to say on the ship based on a forecast calling for temperatures around 40F or less. Another day in the cold did not seem wise and Ellen was still fighting some kind of bug.
I did have breakfast up in the Oceanview Café but saw very little of the shore.
We are anchored and the dropping of the anchor at 6 AM was incredibly loud (did not wake Ellen up) and unpleasant. That is basically the only downside of this cabin and as along as we are docking, it shouldn't be a problem. The bow thrusters are not as issue as we are almost eight decks above them.
The tenders will have to deal with the
fog. At one point the tenders were
stopped as the visibility went to zero and Eclipse sounded the fog horn.
Ellen is in the room and I am spending time in the two seats outside the Sky Lounge. I am still trying to be careful and avoid crowded situations and communicable diseases.
I went to the Oceanview Café to get an Impossible Burger
(the Mast Grill was closed due to the cold and the hot dogs and burgers were
now being prepared in a corner of the buffet) and fries.
My burger was made fresh (did not come out of the drawer) and was really
good (only the second O Burger of the voyage – the other coming at the
beginning of the first cruise). I
brought Ellen back some tuna salad, egg salad, coleslaw, a potato croquet, and
a piece of snapper.
I informed our room steward that we will not need service until the evening.
The fog lifted and the day turned real nice. We are still in our cabin.
We cleaned up and went to the Oceanview Café for dinner. We somehow got magic table #516 and our Kosher meals were there. I had a Panzanella Salad from the menu (very good) and then we both had Mushroom Barley Soup (delicious). Ellen’s short ribs were good according to her but my roast beef on a roll was simply inedible. The beef was a thin slice of beef jerky and the bun was hard a rock. I’m guessing over-microwaving. We shared our issues with a suit who empathized with us but explained how they indeed had to microwave the Kosher Meals and some of them did not travel well on the microwave train. We did get the rugelach the suit said didn’t exist and they were good as before. So, except for my "roast beef" sandwich, the rest of the meal was pretty much OK. I would never order that sandwich again.
Showtime tonight featured French Violinist Marie Electra (yes).
We stayed for about two songs – there was
something about her, maybe her French banter, that made us leave. We generally do not like violinists but I am sure the audience loved her. It's a matter of personal preference.
We saw the new party band, "Turn the Dial" in the Foyer.
We then went to the Ensemble Lounge to hear the new acoustic duo, DeeZee (violin and guitar). They have a pretty mellow sound and are easy
to listen to. They can both sing and
there weren’t a lot of people in the Lounge.
I did get a picture of the sail away from Greenland.
We are coming back to Greenland next year and are stopping at some additional ports.
We got our water and hot tea from Café al Baccio and we called it a day.
Clocks move backwards one hour tonight.
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