Baltic , Norway , Iceland and the U.K. on the Zuiderdam 2019 with photos

[scubacruiserx2]

We met our guide and driver , Bessa , and stopped not far away

 

 

She scooped up some of the running water and we toasted the day , the place and each others company

 

 

It was still foggy when we left

 

 

Which way do we go ?

 

 

Through the mountain of course

 

 

When we exited the tunnel it was like Dorothy opening the door from inside the black and white house to look at the color of OZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

11 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

Maybe it is my OLD eyes that are my problem. But I also, love the cursive font.

 

We've got that too but the glasses help

[scubacruiserx2]

We would be cutting across a couple of fjords to get to  Dynjandi waterfalls

 

 

 

 

Eider ducks

 

 

 

 

 

Fish farm

 

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

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[Krazy Kruizers]

Loving your reports.

 

Great pictures.  The ducks are cute.

[scubacruiserx2]

1 hour ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Loving your reports.

 

Great pictures.  The ducks are cute.

 

It seemed like it was Spring there

[scubacruiserx2]

 

Arctic Tern airborne

 

 

and grounded

 

 

A roadside waterfall

 

 

 

 

 

A portion of the road was gravel

 

 

 

 

 

[erewhon]

Thanks for sharing your photos and videos.

[mjmagee]

Thank you for your wonderful,  comprehensive review. Love your pix and commentary. I also found the script font hard to read. I am also on an iPad but I am not sure that was the problem. Compared to the original font the script appeared smaller and fainter. Gray rather than black, which did make it harder to read.  Either way, keep up the review! Iceland is on my bucket list and your review is only confirming that for me. Thx.

[ski ww]

Stunning scenery, thanks for your review.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I am on a lap top and am not having any problems reading the script.

 

Love the pictures and videos.

[scubacruiserx2]

9 hours ago, erewhon said:

Thanks for sharing your photos and videos.

 

You are welcome

[scubacruiserx2]

8 hours ago, mjmagee said:

Thank you for your wonderful,  comprehensive review. Love your pix and commentary. I also found the script font hard to read. I am also on an iPad but I am not sure that was the problem. Compared to the original font the script appeared smaller and fainter. Gray rather than black, which did make it harder to read.  Either way, keep up the review! Iceland is on my bucket list and your review is only confirming that for me. Thx.

 

You're welcome . We had used our favorite font for a long time with no issues until October when CC made some upgrades . I guess it's different on phones and we saw a difference on DW's ipad . Another change that occurred in October is that my videos on my older topics change from the original to my most recently posted video on all of them - weird . We only have 1 stop left in Iceland , but it's an overnight .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, ski ww said:

Stunning scenery, thanks for your review.

 

Yes it was very pretty . Good weather , a cooperative driver and good light really helped too .

 

Edited July 20, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

Thank you . We're happy that there's no issues with your device and the font . You have an advantage of seeing a larger photo with details also . Maybe I'll use 2 different fonts , one for computers and one for tablets . 😉 

[scubacruiserx2]

In the distance we could see Dynjandi

 

 

It is a series of 6 waterfalls and the largest at the top being described as a wedding cake or a wedding veil

 

 

 

The upper waterfall is about 100 M or about 300' . We could see that we would have a lot of glare and sunlight in our face that would reduce the quality of the photos .

 

 

 

We left Bessa in the parking lot to begin our climb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cat shepard]

I believe I spotted some lambs!  Spectacular pics and videos.

 

And thank you for even caring about the font.

[scubacruiserx2]

22 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

I believe I spotted some lambs!  Spectacular pics and videos.

 

And thank you for even caring about the font.

 

We didn't realize how popular sheep were here but they were all around like in Patagonia . We would like for you to be able to read all about it Cat .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

More waterfalls and climbing ahead

 

 

The lower flatter part had handrails

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was about this point that we encountered the Midges small swarming bugs that flew into your eyes , ears and nostrils . So far , so good with the climb . Please note the difference in the sky and the colors in the photos when we look up toward the water fall or back toward the valley and parking lot 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

It was also at this point that the climb became steeper and that buses from the cruise ship arrived 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Our knees and the groups of people pushing past us on the steep , scree covered trail told us that this should be our turn around point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pondering the descent and enjoying the view

 

 

As we were going down and a group going up you can see a head net on the first guy and some midges on the camera lens in this video :

 

 

 

Almost there , we can see the bathrooms on the left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[sevenseasnomad]

Impressive.

[scubacruiserx2]

5 minutes ago, sevenseasnomad said:

Impressive.

 

The name means thunderous so it was well chosen

[scubacruiserx2]

We had reached our turnaround point 

 

 

Our next stop was a museum at Hrafnseyri which Pat and I walked thru alone

 

 

It was basically a time line showing World History with Icelandic History interwoven

 

 

 

Toward the end we could hear some talking and singing

 

 

 

 

And as it turned out , we were there on the 17th of June

 

 

 

Which is the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson , the leader of Iceland's move to independence from Denmark . This is also his birthplace and the day is Icelandic National Day ( Independence Day )

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We were invited into the turf roof buildings

 

 

 

and to have some of the celebratory birthday cake 

 

 

Marzpan cake with strawberry cream 

 

 

The best desert of the entire trip

 

 

The church dates back to 1886

 

 

 

They also had Icelandic Horses for the kids to ride

 

 

 

It's hard to imagine a more scenic area to celebrate their 75 th Anniversary of Independence