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