Almost Djupvigor, Iceland

Weather did in again the best laid plans. As we went in to the fjord at Djupvigor on Tuesday morning on the south east coast of Iceland we could tell it was going to be a problem. Djupvigor is a tender port as it's a small town of 350 people . The seas were too rough for a tender operation as the ship and tender boats would be tossed about. So we stayed there a while hoping for calmer waters which did not happen. We left after a while and some scenic cruising along the south coast before turning and heading east to Norway.


Pictured here is a shot of the coast, a long distance view of Djupvigor , and another long shot of Iceland's largest glacier .

The afternoon was spent in various on board activities: a team trivia contest , an Explorer series talk on flying today , and a mixology class on margarita's and mojito's. My bartending skills have taken a giant leap forward.

The highlight of the evening was the Murder Mystery dinner that we signed up for. The premise was the Maasdale High School reunion . We had to adopt creative names so the 4 people pictured are Jill and Jack Sparrow (an important guy in Caribbean shipping) and Arthur Fonzarelli and Joanie Cunningham-Fonzarelli . Arthur used to be a really cool dude but is now an actuary and yes Joanie really did marry The Fonz. The organizing committee were staff from the ship and they played the roles in the murder. The president of the organizing committee ,Nate Nerdly, pictured in the white jacket was the victim and the Cruise Director (pictured in the black jacket) played the role of Mario Testosterone as the detective . The victim's wife,Harriet Nerdly in black and the victim's alleged girlfriend, Venus Mantrap, pictured in the low cut form fitting dress were both from the ship's show cast. It was all very well done and hilarious.


And yes the food was fabulous. We are ready to sign up for the next one. And feel free after we're home to ask Deen about her duh incident about this dinner.

The clocks go forward another hour tonight so we'll be on UK time on Wednesday as we head to Norway. We're looking forward to 4 stops over the 4 days starting Thursday in Norway beginning with Molde, then Geiranger, then Alesund, and finally Bergen.

Location:Norwegian Sea near Iceland