Before dinner last evening we once again visited the Avenue Saloon. It was quieter than normal as there was a special trivia event at 5:15 PM. It was battle of the sexes. We also think some people were resting given the time change from the night before and because it was a sea day after all of the regularly scheduled and unexpected adventures. We enjoyed dinner in the Crystal Dining Room. While we don't sit by the window and sit inside the circle (middle of dining room) we saw some amazing icebergs from our table. One looked like the biggest mushroom you have ever seen. They were likely a mile or two from the ship. Anne Marie actually got this sweater around fifteen years ago for a sailing of Alaska and wore it for the first time of this cruise. It was appropriate given the polar bears we have seen and certainly a good match for this cruise. LOL. The main entertainment for the evening was a pre-dinner show for early seating and a post dinner show for early seating which featured Virtuoso Violinist Michael Bacala. The only bad news was that we moved the clock forward another hour before going to sleep. The good news is this last time we will do that on this epic voyage. As we head over to the United States East Coast we will get the two hours back. Even with the time change we slept well as we were tired from moving the clock forward the night before. We began the morning as we do most days on Serenity. A visit to the Fitness Center for Keith, breakfast for the two of us followed by a a one hour walk for Anne Marie, an indoor cycling class for Keith and Yoga for Anne Marie. Life is good. We enjoyed three lectures: Hector Williams spoke about the Vikings of the North. He covered all the way back to AD 800-1100 and spoke about the maritime people of Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) and how they built settlements in Greenland. Later in the morning Expedition Lecturer Tom Sharpe spoke about the world's largest island. Yes, Greenland. Greenland contains the second largest ice sheet in the entire world and has some of the world's oldest rocks and even some of the world's oldest fossils. Throughout the morning we would see icebergs of various sizes and shapes. We had lunch at the Lido Cafe. It was a themed luncheon buffet featuring Scandinavian Specialties. We stayed with our salad entrees but they had nice representation of dishes including Blintzes.
During Captain Birger's talk from the bridge he spoke about icebergs in Illulissat and said that a reconnaissance plane will be taking photos of the area where we will be anchoring off of along with the tender drop-off pier. It will interesting to see whether or not we will be able to visit there tomorrow. Since the Lido Café is located at the back of the ship you could see the ship going up and down quite a bit. We enjoyed more views of icebergs. In the afternoon, Tom Soper and the expedition team gave us an introduction to Greenland. We are enjoying our day at sea including each working out again this afternoon This evening we will be dining at Tastes with some dear friends. Keith & Anne Marie Comments are closed.
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