Day 9, 19th July – Reykjavik Aurora docked at Reykjavik for two days.  We’d booked an excursion here and boarded the coach at 1.30 pm.  A great black monster of a thing.  On finding our seats, I noticed a huge, thick crack going across the … Continue reading Sailing into a time warp 6

Day 7, 17th July – Akureyri This was a momentous day. The day we first set foot on Icelandic soil.  The husband had wanted to visit Iceland ever since watching Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a film we’d both loved.  The film … Continue reading sailing into a time warp 5

Blog, a calamity occurred. My 10+ years old Dell laptop finally bit the digital dust. This faithful (and second-hand) laptop had served me well until a couple of days ago when I was suddenly presented with ‘the black screen of death.’  My screen periodically shut … Continue reading sailing into a time warp 4

Day Four, 14th July – Alesund Before continuing with this post, I thought I’d post a pic of Aurora as we found her on our first few days; that is, we were certain we were wandering around a ghost ship, in the manner of the … Continue reading sailing into a time warp 3

Day Two, 12th July – Sea Day The aforementioned Brontes’ biography I’d brought along was a 37-hour read according to my Kindle, a very similar timeframe to this meandering rubbish I should think.  However, should you flag, pause a while to imagine how many hours … Continue reading Sailing into a time warp 2

Blog, this will be a long one.  I think the internet would deem it TLTR, but it’s just between you and me really, so I can look back some day and think ‘oh, that’s what happened,’ or ‘doesn’t time fly.’  I’ll break it up into … Continue reading Sailing into a time warp