Grand Northern Europe Voyage - Lisbon to Stockholm - May 6, 2022 to June 28, 2022

[zqtchas]

There was a small  resupply today. It’s so bad that they run out of HH snacks.  
Many new passengers like the  ones who left. Hate masks, cut in front of you,

hate to dress nice, come in the back door and seat themselves ( in Atlantide).

[mysty]

Just now, zqtchas said:

There was a small  resupply today. It’s so bad that they run out of HH snacks.  
Many new passengers like the  ones who left. Hate masks, cut in front of you,

hate to dress nice, come in the back door and seat themselves ( in Atlantide).

 

Where is the "tears" button????  

[Silver Spectre]

1 hour ago, zqtchas said:

There was a small  resupply today. It’s so bad that they run out of HH snacks.  
Many new passengers like the  ones who left. Hate masks, cut in front of you,

hate to dress nice, come in the back door and seat themselves ( in Atlantide).

We feel your pain.

[Stumblefoot]

2 hours ago, zqtchas said:

Many new passengers like the ones who left. Hate masks, cut in front of you, hate to dress nice, come in the back door and seat themselves in Atlantide.

What is wrong with people?  Sounds like some remedial manners training may be necessary, especially in light of Covid cases on the Moon increasing by roughly 20%+ each day.

[mysty]

Yesterday we left the ship around 12:30 pm to board buses for the Grand Northern Europe event.  We rode to Husavik.  There we put on wind suits (like kids' one piece snow suits) and boarded open air sailing boats for an almost 2 hour sail to Flately Island in Skjalfandi Bay.  This small island used to be home to about 200 people until 1967.  Now only 6 people live there year sound.  There are some summer homes, a church, a school from 1929 and a lighthouse.

 

Pics from the sail to Flatey and our very first whale sighting.....

 

 

 

Pics from Flatey Island.....

 

 

 

 

Pics from our delicious late lunch (fish soup, lamb and chocolate mousse)....

 

 

 

 

It was a wonderful day!

[mysty]

Today we are docked in Husavik.  Grey and rainy.   No excursion booked.   Quiet "sea" day for us.

[jpalbny]

Husavik has a whale museum and an ethnographic museum. Both small and worth a quick visit. Easy walk from the pier. If you end up wanting to do something other than stay on board!

Edited June 3, 2022 by jpalbny

[Grand Duchess]

6 hours ago, mysty said:

Yesterday we left the ship around 12:30 pm to board buses for the Grand Northern Europe event.  We rode to Husavik.  There we put on wind suits (like kids' one piece snow suits) and boarded open air sailing boats for an almost 2 hour sail to Flately Island in Skjalfandi Bay.  This small island used to be home to about 200 people until 1967.  Now only 6 people live there year sound.  There are some summer homes, a church, a school from 1929 and a lighthouse.

 

Pics from the sail to Flatey and our very first whale sighting.....

 

 

 

Pics from Flatey Island.....

 

 

 

 

Pics from our delicious late lunch (fish soup, lamb and chocolate mousse)....

 

 

 

 

It was a wonderful day!

Thank you Mysty and all contributors for your wonderful travelogue!

This allows me to continue the journey in a way, I was on board from Southampton to Reykjavik. Looking forward to reading about more of your impressions😊

[zqtchas]

Today’s numbers: 22 pax -18 crew.

Service slow but sure. Staff is hanging in there.

Rommel is doing a great job of keeping things going

in Atlantide.  I would hate to have his job. Lots of on the

intercom moving people around.

[Stumblefoot]

3 hours ago, zqtchas said:

Today’s numbers: 22 pax -18 crew.

Damn.  The rate of infection climbed 33% today.  Wonder if this will convince the new passengers to start wearing their masks?

[zqtchas]

5 hours ago, Stumblefoot said:

Damn.  The rate of infection climbed 33% today.  Wonder if this will convince the new passengers to start wearing their masks?

Some, but the die hards are hanging in there.

[mysty]

Today is a deja vu port for us.  We are docked in Seydisfjordur which we visited on the segment that began in Southampton.   Sunny but chilly.  We'll likely stay on the ship and sea-day it.

[zqtchas]

Well! We’re going to take the walking tour that Ms Mysty took the first time around.

 Checked out breakfast, still no maple syrup. Guess it’ll have to wait till they cruise by 

New England. With spring here now it should be dripping down the tree.

[Grand Duchess]

I wonder whether tomato juice is still not to be had anywhere?

Very puzzling, since more exotic stuff like cherry juice was on.

Still, just a minor issue, other than those inveterate people wearing no masks, I am rather concerned about those idiots😳

 

[CruzinFeraBruzin]

4 hours ago, zqtchas said:

Well! We’re going to take the walking tour that Ms Mysty took the first time around.

 Checked out breakfast, still no maple syrup. Guess it’ll have to wait till they cruise by 

New England. With spring here now it should be dripping down the tree.

The syrup they served us tasted like molasses.   No maple flavor at all.  DH liked it but not me.  

[zqtchas]

14 minutes ago, CruzinFeraBruzin said:

The syrup they served us tasted like molasses.   No maple flavor at all.  DH liked it but not me.  

Maybe it was. I mentioned maybe they could use molasses. 😀

or maybe it was corn syrup.

Edited June 4, 2022 by zqtchas

[zqtchas]

 NCL in port today also. One of the smaller ones. They get to tender.

[zqtchas]

Just announced COVID quarantine: 23 pax, 16 crew all mild etc.

[spinnaker2]

On 6/2/2022 at 6:04 PM, zqtchas said:

There was a small  resupply today. It’s so bad that they run out of HH snacks.  
Many new passengers like the  ones who left. Hate masks, cut in front of you,

hate to dress nice, come in the back door and seat themselves ( in Atlantide).

RUDE ALERT!!!!!!

I bet they take that table in the very back by the supply closet! 

 

 

[ronrick1943]

15 hours ago, zqtchas said:

Some, but the die hards are hanging in there.

Doesn’t Silversea have a mask rule or is it optional?

[Stumblefoot]

5 hours ago, zqtchas said:

Just announced COVID quarantine: 23 pax, 16 crew all mild etc.

With no increase in total cases, I wonder how many are new cases, as well as how many have recovered.  Doubt they are announcing that detail.

[mysty]

1 hour ago, ronrick1943 said:

Doesn’t Silversea have a mask rule or is it optional?

 

Mask is mandatory in Venetian Lounge, in tour bus, in tender and at muster drill.  Mostly policed.   However,  not always.

[mysty]

Today we are at anchor off Djupivogur, Iceland.   This is another deja vu port for us.  Sunny and crisp.   We'll likely sea-day it. 

[zqtchas]

8 hours ago, ronrick1943 said:

Doesn’t Silversea have a mask rule or is it optional?

It’s mandatory in buses and tenders and recommended on board.

But guess how that goes.

[CruzinFeraBruzin]

5 hours ago, mysty said:

Today we are at anchor off Djupivogur, Iceland.   This is another deja vu port for us.  Sunny and crisp.   We'll likely sea-day it. 

I looked at Silversea's 2022 Voyages catalog and counted the number of days you are in Iceland.  It's more than any other country on the voyage.  18 days from the time you left Stornoway until you reach Norway with a couple of stops in Denmark's Faroe Islands.  That's a lot of peaceful solitude!