Somewhere in the 50's for temperature. This has been predominately a cool weather cruise.
"My purpose for travel is to make myself anxious to return home."
~ Violet, the Dowager Countess Grantham
~ Violet, the Dowager Countess Grantham
As part of our tour of "last things" we went back to Mamsen's in the Explorer's Lounge for some of their scrumptious Norwegian waffles. The combination of uncounted carbs with goat cheese, sour cream and fresh berries is a winner every time! Plus Mamsen's has the best coffee on the ship. The rest is all Starbuck's bitter and no amount of sweetener seems to expunge the acrid taste. We've started ordering cappuccinos and lattes in the World Cafe and The Restaurant. One of the attendants in Mamsen's confessed that they have a different blend of coffee from all the other venues.
We can tell.
We had another choir practice in Torshavn, squeezed in at noon. Honestly, I don't know when Katie, our cruise director either eats or sleeps. She is indefatigable--the first time since watching Horatio Hornblower that word has seemed apt to me. The entire crew never stops trying to deliver delight to us. And the leadership models that behavior they want to see every step.
We seem to be in a major shipping lane. We meet cargo boats, naval vessels and the occasional intrepid sailboat out of sight of land. The Atlantic is pretty...well, pacific right now, but I'm not giving up my patch until we leave Bergen.
Everyone seems to be thinking homeward thoughts as we head toward our last two ports of call before Bergen. Lots of our fellow passengers are disembarking in London. We probably should have planned on that too because it's so much easier to fly to the States from there. We'd only have changed planes once if we'd been coming from London. From Bergen, we fly to Copenhagen, then catch a long haul to Chicago and finally from there to St. Louis where we'll stay overnight before driving 4 1/2 hours home.
We just couldn't resist getting a couple more days on the beautiful Viking Star.
It must be a bit hard seeing many of your fellow passengers who will be disembarking in London?
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy your final couple of days on board.
It'll be a day for goodbyes, that's for certain. But, if they are like us, it's time for us to be thinking homeward thoughts and looking forward to returning to our loved ones and our land life.
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