Smiling Sam

Day 3 start - We got up in time for breakfast this morning. 😀 We don’t reach Grimsey Island for four more hours. We did just pass, the ship slowed, lots of whales - some blue whales and some other t… (View Post)

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)