Not too bad actually. Somehow however I have to get over the fact that it is OK to do virtually nothing. Some people call it a vacation.
People at home are sweltering in 33 C heat, putting eight and more hours in each day while we drift through the day in decadent idleness. I keep expecting my father to walk in and ask me what I accomplished today. I am working very hard to get over this guilt feeling however.
I have come to the conclusion that the gentle rocking of the ship is having an effect on the passengers, most of whom can hardly stay awake. The lecturers even give us permission to nod off during the talks. It seems to me that we have encountered this experience before on longer cruises. However they were long enough for us to get over it and eventually the doziness went away. Unfortunately I cannot recall how long this lasted. Possibly we will be disembarked before we come back to life.
We had an interesting dinner conversation the other night. Our American table mates told of a couple that they know that, prior to going on a cruise, they decided 'who we are going to be this time'. In other words, they masquerade as somebody they are not, and live the part while on that cruise. We were flabbergasted. After we were told of that, I could no longer believe a word the gentleman said. Every time he spoke I burst out in uncontrollable laughter. Eventually we were all in hysterics, except him. The gents wife asked what we would be if we were doing that sort of thing. Ian said he would be a weight-lifter. Well Ian and I are about the same size so we knew where he was going. I said I would be a psychologist , and "tell me about your Mother". Fellette said she would be a Rodeo Queen! It may not sound funny now, but it had us in tears for some time. Think about that concept for a while, I find it mind boggling.
The photos show some of the local flowers and veggies carved up by one of the ships vegetable carvers. That is about the most exciting thing that I have captured in the last couple of days. Not exactly National Geographic material but ones gets what one can.
Some trivia for you.
- 55,000 people live in Greenland, which is really an extension of the Inuit, [formerly Eskimos] who live in northern Canada.
- Canada is separated from Greenland by only 16 miles of water at the northern tip.
- Greenland is the largest Island in the world, [Australia is considered a continent].
- The coastline of Greenland is about 25,000 miles, [the distance around the equator], because of the vast amount of Fiords.
- Fiords are caused by glaciers scouring out a trench as it grinds toward the open water.
- 85% of Greenland is covered by an ice cap that is up to two miles thick.
- If this ice cap melts, the oceans would rise 20 feet.
At this writing it is 11.40 AM, on Friday. We are steaming up a fiord to our port, [anchorage ], for five hours, in the town of Qaqortoq. The name means 'The White Place' in Inuit.
There are no tours here, merely a church and museum that will open up for us when we go ashore. The weather is 10 C, [50 F], and overcast. We feel fortunate to get this far because the last cruise could not get close enough to tender in because of icebergs that blocked the entrance. We intend to bundle up and walk about as long as we are comfortable.
so sweet blog..
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