July 4 – Reykjavik, Iceland

July 3 – AT SEA, Cruising the Denmark Strait

India represented

Greenland is huge

Weather – 7º and cloudy, I’ve been looking at the Calgary weather and I’m pretty sure I’ll be missing Greenland next week…30º!?!

Steps – 7,564

We lost the hour we gained in Greenland last night, but still made it to the gym this morning - definitely busier on a sea day, than when we are in port. Still…the gym on this boat, the Splendor, is roomier than on the Mariner, the boat we’ve been on most recently.

Lunch was a seafood extravaganza…with the requisite ice sculpture. We hopped to sit outside but things were PACKED!

hip hop gang

just for lunch

Krew Kapers was the main attraction today. This is the crew show, and is the best show all cruise on any cruise. It’s when the folks cleaning my toilet sing, and those making my meals dance and the laundry team do the YMCA. They don’t get paid to rehearse or prepare. It was and always is VERY well attended.

Dinner tonight was with a fun British couple (Suzie and Jeff) we met earlier in the cruise playing Name that Tune. After dinner we watched the show and then hit 80’s Name that Tune…we won – actually tied for first, but that’s a win to me. The piano player, Kelly from Australia, has been great. Lots of Regent piano players have been around a long time, but she is new to us.

Against my better judgment we finished the night at the disco. I keep thinking this is the last time I might hear music from the 21^st century, so we had to take advantage. We were there for a good time not a long time.

July 2 – NOT Qaqortoq, Greenland

one last iceberg shot

Weather – 4º

Steps – 5,665

Northness – If we had made it to Qaqortoq…61º (Calgary - 51º)

I have never been much of a spa lover, I’m not much for treatments. I’m certainly happy to sit around and relax, but I prefer to do it at home or on this ship in my room, or in better weather at the pool. We still have the terrible problem of ship-board credit to spend. So, this morning I had a massage. It was fine, expensive 280USD for 75min– I sure wouldn’t have paid out

not sure I got $350 worth of restoration!

of pocket for this.

We had a wine and cheese tasting set up for later in the afternoon, so we thought a small room service lunch was a good idea…it was, even had time for a micro nap.

The wine and cheese tasting was delicious, but basic as far as learning goes. 5 cheeses paired with 5 wines. These were wines that come at an extra charge onboard, so the opportunity to try a few new wines was good. Although we drink our fair share on vacation, we rarely have a few glasses of wine in the afternoon. Today’s 3ish, made for more than a predinner micro nap.

BRET THE HITMAN HART!!!

I think I need to get my spa $ back

Every cruise director has a daily morning show, where they out line the activities for the day, and give other pertinent cruise info. They all seem to have their own shtick or tag line or something that sets them apart from other cruise directors. Dru Pavlov, our current cruise director is about our same vintage and is Canadian. It was great to eat dinner with him early in the cruise. He was fun to talk to, plus, in subsequent days, we’ve run into each other and can chat…discuss Canadian music after our Canada Day music trivia victory.

Anyway…part of his morning show shtick is to do a ‘guess that celebrity birthday’ based on a bit of a description. Today one of his descriptions started with was “the hitman”. That was all we needed! BRET THE HITMAN HART!!! Are you kidding? A guy from Calgary made the morning show in the middle of the north Atlantic Ocean!

The rest of the day was dinner in the main dining room, followed by a one-man rock show. The thing I’m most impressed with this cruise is the entertainment…I haven’t heard Lady in Red once!

July 1 – NOT Paamiut, Greenland, but another day in Nuuk

Weather – 10º

HOT TUB!!

Steps – 14,665

Northness – Paamiut would have been 62º, but as we’re still in Nuuk…64º (Calgary - 51º)

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Yesterday was the day to see what there is to see in Nuuk. Today we planned DIY day in Nuuk.

I finally dragged myself to the gym…not sure why it has taken me so long this trip…seemed like something else always got in the way.

By about noon, we were on our way to

reindeer

Nuuk Centre, the mall where the brewery is – it was about a 10 min walk. Unfortunately, the brewery is closed Monday and Sunday. Yesterday, we knew everything booze related was closed, but hoped would be open today…nope. Oh, well. We walked

musk ox

to the mall anyway and checked out a couple or grocery stores. In the grocery stores we found reindeer and muskox! We also found the fish jerky we tried in Iceland, but by now that’s old news to us – it was very expensive.

We came back to the boat for lunch and then spent some time in the hot tub. I’m not much for hot tubs but figured it might be a nice way to spend the afternoon. It was both…hot and a nice way to

spend the afternoon. We met a couple from San Diego who we chatted with for a while

After dinner we played a name that tune Canada version put on by the Canadian cruise director. Guess who won??? Of course we did! With a score of 14 out of 15. We were pretty sure the other teams would give us a run for our money, but

midnight-ish

nope…the closest other team has 11 out of 15. The only one we missed was Robbie Robertson’s, The Band. I’m super familiar with Robbie Robertson, but not so much with the Band. Chris figured he should have known it, but me…no way.

3 means we won the most points

Blogged outside as icebergs passed in broad daylight at 11:30 - wow!

distant iceberg