17 day cruise from Southampton with stops in
 Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland
 and back to New York - September 2007


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Southampton to New York
aboard the 109,000 tons Grand Princess



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Southampton
 
After flying from Canada to London, Heathrow airport,
We were bused down to Southampton where boarded the ship which shares the Queen Elizabeth 2 dock facilities

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The Grand 
Princess:-
 
Sister ship to the Star Princess
Built in 1998;

Gross Weight: 109,000 tons
Length: 951 feet
Width: 118 feet
Passengers: 2600
Crew: 1150
Cruising Speed: 22.5 knots


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Norway
 
We made three stops in Norway sailing through the magnificent Fjords

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The Faroe Islands
 
An interesting group of islands in the North Atlantic with their black tar houses and grass roof tops!

Iceland
 
We sailed above the Arctic circle on the way to our first stop on the North side of the Island, Akureyri, then on to Reykjavik the next day

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Greenland
 
We arrived in Greenland first travelling through Prins Christian Sund and then arrived at Qaqortoq - a vibrant town in this very Glacier like country. We were made welcome by our face pulling friend on the right.

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Heading for New York
after seeing Greenland
 
After leaving Greenland we headed out into the North Atlantic and almost immediately encountered a force 11 gale which really roughed up the ocean and slowed our progress causing us to by-pass Newfoundland.
See short movie taken from balcony

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Fun at the swimming pool
 
The rough water on the outside of the ship causes some disruption on the inside of the ship... See short movies made up from still images (.gif file)

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New York, New York
 
After spending 17 days cruising, we reach our final destination before flying back to Toronto.
No time for sight seeing as we went from the ship to a bus to the airport!!!

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