Smiling Sam

British - the BBC person is Tim Martin. The occupants of the ship are 70 Tauck and 65 Ponant. The excursions are only Tauck people. Ponant has their own excursions. The Captain’s dinner was a choice … (View Post)

Day 2 - Slept in so missed breakfast and the BBC wildlife presentation. The birding and marine sealife excursion was fun. We were on the water for for a little over an hour. Masks were only required … (View Post)

I haven’t tried the Tauck app. Not sure the ship’s bandwidth will support reloading and testing. I’ll try to test it, but it may not be until we’re back to Reykjavik. Remainder of Day 1: nice lunch a… (View Post)

Start of Day 1 - Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! Lots of forms to fill out and turn in - some for Tauck, some for Ponant. Turns out that our airport test in Reykjavik would have sufficed. That said … (View Post)

Escaped quarantine right at the 5 hour mark, just past noon. It turned into a very lovely and sunny day. We walked down to the Hallgrimskirkja. An amazing church. The elevator to the top was closed s… (View Post)