We woke up feeling quite sad this morning, as tonight would be our last night on the Boudicca on what had been an absolutely awesome cruise. 🙁 Looking out of our portholes we could see land ahoy, and knew that we were just off the coast of Ireland. We were due to dock at the…
Month: August 2016
It’s Brilliant on the Boudicca
I was tired when the alarm went off this morning, probably because of a combination of late nights and overindulgence, as well as the clocks having to go forward an hour again this morning. So it was around 8.45am before I go out of my pit and got washed and dressed before breakfast. Outside, the…
A Fun Day At Sea
We got up around 8.30am this morning and tried not to think about the fact that we only had three more days of our wonderful cruise to go. Once again we’d lost an hour’s sleep as the clocks had to be put yet closer to British time. 🙁 The weather looked a bit more cloudy…
Games Without Frontiers
During the night we lost an hour’s sleep, as the clocks were put forward an hour becoming nearer to British Summer Time. Nevertheless we were still up around 8.15am, as we had a full itinerary of events to look forward to today. After breakfast we got ourselves ready for our first “Boudicca Olympics” event, which…
Life in Greenland
When we woke up this morning, we were at anchor off the picturesque little town of Nanortalik, and once again the day was clear and bright with nary a cloud in the sky. We had our breakfast then went to collect a ticket for the liberty boat. We were given ticket #15 but as they…
Northern Lights above Greenland
We had to be up very early this morning as we had to assemble in the Neptune Lounge at 7.15am to be ready for our trip at half-past seven. Today we were taking a boat trip to visit the ruins of the largest Viking church, at Hvalsey, and learn about the Viking farmers. Outside, a…
Ice, Ice Baby
We woke up this morning (we’d be in trouble if we didn’t!) and once again looked out of our portholes to see what the new day would be like, weather-wise. Once again it was foggy, but we hoped, like yesterday, it would clear and would be a beautiful day. Today the Boudicca was docked in…
Icebergs, Whales and Glaciers
After a good night’s sleep, lulled gently by the motion of the Boudicca in the clear fjord, we awoke early and looked out of our portholes. We couldn’t see a thing; thick sea fog made it impossible. As we were due to spend the day ‘scenic cruising’ through the Prins Christian Sund we hoped the…
Tasiilaq, Greenland
It was with excitement that we woke up this morning and eagerly looked out of our portholes for our first glimpse of Greenland. We had tried to go to Greenland on a cruise 10 years ago (June 2006) but there was too much sea ice so the ship, the Funchal, couldn’t risk trying to land. …
Clouds and Mist and Fog and Sea
We were up just after eight o’clock, as usual, and looking out of our portholes we couldn’t tell where the sky ended and the sea started. Fog is common in northern latitudes in the summer; the warm air above the cold sea leads to a dense mist above the waves. We hoped the weather would…