Live from the Land of Princess

[YVRteacher]

Here we are on the outskirts of town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have two favourite stores in Seydisfjordur. This is the first.

 

A new flavour of Omnom!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

42 minutes ago, CeleBrat said:

Fellow reader here, and will be boarding the Island-P in August.  How is the library?  Lots of books to choose from?

Yes, it’s a very good library. People leave excellent books in the take a book, leave a book section.

 

Also, I just organized it today so it is in good shape. My librarian heart couldn’t resist.

[arizonaperson]

16 hours ago, Teechur said:

Recently on the Emerald, we saw a woman wearing the gold/tan bed runner as a shawl as she strolled around the ship. We had lots of laughs about that for days.

That would have been picture or video worthy -of course without identifying the passenger. That is improv at its best or……

[BabySarge]

Once again, late to the party with my remarks and reading but life keeps interrupting my coffee, bonbon, and reading time.  At any rate, despite having that free laundry perk I prefer to do our laundry and take it down in one of our suitcases with the wheels, along with my Kindle and a bottle of water.  If the laundry room doesn't have a chair and space available, I take our folding camp chair that we have started bringing since they took the extra chair out of the balcony and below cabins.  If no room and no chair, then I find the least intrusive space in the hallway and claim a bit of carpet to read whilst the wash is doing its thing.  Once the clothes go in the dryer, I like to keep a close eye on them as the settings can sometimes simply be suggestions and the actual temperature a lot hotter than wanted. 

Laundry room wars are real - while on the 2023 WC two couples were removed from the ship in Australia because of fighting in the laundry room and not allowed to rejoin the cruise.  Foolish!

 

[CeleBrat]

1 hour ago, YVRteacher said:

Yes, it’s a very good library. People leave excellent books in the take a book, leave a book section.

 

Also, I just organized it today so it is in good shape. My librarian heart couldn’t resist.

Thank you for making the library neat and pretty for future travelers.  Glad to hear that it's a pretty good library.  I recently won a paperback book from our town library's "Bingo for Books", and will plan on taking that book and leaving it behind on the Island-P.  I definitely will need another book halfway through my trip!

[YVRteacher]

What comes after first favourite shop in Seydisfjordur?

 

Other favourite shop in Seydisfjordur!

 

 

 

 

 

I bought a watercolour painting that will hopefully go on a newly constructed wall in my living room which is being rebuilt while I am away.🤞🏼

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

Murals of Seydisfjordur

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Poppies of someone’s garden in Seydisfjordur

 

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

To get to the town centre you cross a bridge

 

and arrive at the grocery store where you can buy treats for your favourite mixologist at Good Spirits bar.

 

Here is the entire produce section and this is a huge improvement from the selection last year

 

 

If you don’t want a permanent tattoo in Iceland the grocery store has a sale on temporary ones

 

 

[YVRteacher]

I mentioned earlier that every town in Iceland has a rainbow street, crosswalk or stairway. I am partial to the one in Seydisfjordur.  Today there was a music festival and this area was blocked off. I took this photo of a poster

 

 

and kept walking through town, starting with the pond and the same family of ducks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends I met on this cruise had breakfast in town. Two egg sandwiches cost $50US.

 

Edited July 20 by YVRteacher

[YVRteacher]

 

 

 

A big snowfall happened last week which is why the surrounding mountains are dusted in white.

 

[YVRteacher]

Wildflowers of Seydisfjordur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

Someone is living her best life. I want to be like her when I grow up!
 

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

Large ships need to anchor in the fjord so this was a water shuttle port. I didn’t have any waits or line ups for the tenders today.

 

Back on board I headed up to deck 14 for a little slice of pizza and some final photos.

 

i loved every second ashore and came back with rosy cheeks and a full heart. 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

I was thirsty so started happy hour with a Dark and Stormy

 

Ok, I actually had two Dark and Stormies. I was extra thirsty.

 

then tried a Great Pumpkin

 

 

 

 

The Great Pumpkin may be great for others but it is not for me

 

and a Coco Cafe for some evening caffeine 

 

 

 

 

yummy!

Edited July 21 by YVRteacher

[YVRteacher]

Dinner in Bordeaux 

 

Twice Baked Goat Cheese Soufflé

Country Style Vegetable Crock Pot

Meringue Pavlova

 

All three items were excellent.

[Thrak]

2 hours ago, BabySarge said:

Laundry room wars are real - while on the 2023 WC two couples were removed from the ship in Australia because of fighting in the laundry room and not allowed to rejoin the cruise.  Foolish!

 

This is why we always set our timer for a bit less time than the actual wash or dry time so we can get back to the laundry room well before the machine shuts off. We don't want to run into one of the crazies who freaks out because you are "hogging" the machine with laundry that is finished nor do we want to find that someone has removed our clothing so they can use the machine.

[Thrak]

55 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

Friends I met on this cruise had breakfast in town. Two egg sandwiches cost $50US.

 

Yikes! Reminds me of the $18 beers we had in Norway.

[YVRteacher]

Tonight’s entertainer was, sadly, not excellent. He told stories about famous people he met in the music industry and absolutely butchered their songs.

 

Has anyone seen Ric Steel? I heard him in the buffet yesterday going on and on and on about how great he is but he did not live up to his own hype.

 

The sunset, on the other hand, was spectacular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These photos were taken from the top secret back balcony on deck 8. You walk toward the stern and open the door and there are chairs, nice people and great view of the wake.

 

 

 

 

 

[YVRteacher]

Noooooooo!

[YVRteacher]

Day 16

 

[YVRteacher]

Day 17 looks a tad ominous for the team

 

[dreamin'ofthesea]

On 7/14/2024 at 6:47 AM, YVRteacher said:

The show in the theatre tonight is a magician. Magicians irritate me.
 

After watching the Barbie movie in the cabin I headed up to The Grill for cheesy fries. I have had a hankering for cheesy fries all day.

 

It was too cold to be outside so I checked out Horizon Court. It was here that I made a little magic of my own when I discovered the theme was European and the action station was fondue. You bet I got a bowl of the cheese dipping part of the fondue and added in the best french fries at sea!

 

 

 

[littlegit]

7 hours ago, YVRteacher said:

@cruiseny4life

I took this photo for you!

No need to worry about extreme formality

 

I often have a conversation with my husband that goes like this:

"You can't wear those socks with those pants."

His reply is always, "No one looks at my feet.".

 

Thanks for proving me right Yvonne!

[arizonaperson]

Absolutely gorgeous photos in Seydisfjordur. Looks like a magical day of exploring.

The sunset pictures beautiful as well.

Yikes on the breakfast sandwich prices for the fellow cruise passengers.