A personal note first – 55 years ago today I married the love of my life. I wish he was here.
Today we’re anchored off this little community of roughly 1100 people at the southern end of Greenland. It’s actually on a little island. Honestly, there’s not much to see here. There were a couple of tours involving hikes, but I don’t do those. I went ashore and walked from the tender dock up to the main road and then came back. Apparently there was a shop with tourist trinkets, but I don’t need a fridge magnet so I didn’t go there.
Instead I thought I’d write a little about the entertainment Seabourn has been providing. I think it has been exceptionally good so far on this voyage. The ship’s band and trio are great, especially the Trio. I guess I might be a little biased because I’ve sailed with Chris and Melody from the trio before. But they and Theo, the guitarist, are great and they play my requests for me. Two nights ago we had a wonderful classical pianist whose repertoire included pieces by several of my favorite composers. Last night we had a contemporary English singer and pianist who played “piano man” music so he entertained us with Elton John and Billy Joel among others. He was phenomenal because a lot of what he does is improvisation. It’s a real testament to the Sojourn band that they could keep up with him. Most of us don’t realize that when a guest performer comes on, the band and guest rehearse for only one hour before the performance. That’s not a lot of time to pull off what they do at showtime.
The food has been good in all the venues I’ve tried. Katie sent me an article about a fight over chicken tenders which apparently occurred on a Carnival ship the other day. We’ve had no food fights of any kind here. With very few exceptions my fellow passengers are congenial. There are many who have traveled much more than I have and so I can learn a lot from them. Some of my usual circle of widows aren’t here, but I’ve met some others. We’re an expanding group because after all, we women usually outlive men. I’ve also spent a lot of time with two couples I’ve known from previous cruises. It’s always a pleasure to reconnect with old friends. That’s part of what makes cruising so wonderful for me.
Okay, I’ve waxed on enough for today about nothing really. Was it The Seinfeld Show that was a “show about nothing?” I guess this is a blog post entry about nothing just so I can remember good times when I look back on this in the future.
I'm adding a few photos to give an idea of what a small and isolated place this is. The people living here must be very hardy folks. The first is a small iceberg right off our stern. The second shows the rugged mountains close to Nanortalik. As the pictures show, the town is tiny.
4 comments:
Stan
Wikipedia says it's the southernmost town in Greenland. Google maps showed another further south - Narsarmijit. But since Narsarmijit's population is 62 and Nanortalik's is over a thousand, maybe the one is too small to worry about.
How blessed you and Al were!
This is all really interesting & I like how desolate looking these places are. Thanks for sharing your perspectives and the information!
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