September 24 & 25
Two more days at sea and have managed to stay sane through rough seas. It’s a pity we didn’t lose our appetites!! Managed to play several games of scrabble and listen to numerous lectures on Greenland then at night went to the show after dinner. We have met some really nice people on board, in particular a young couple from Louisiana who have been living in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a pilot with the US Marines & they have a terrific little 3 ½ year old called Arthur!! We manage to get together as often as possible for a drink before dinner. After the show last night went up on deck to look for the northern lights but they were very faint. Will try & catch them tomorrow night. Did see a few icebergs late in the afternoon and again into the night. They are quite spectacular & you wouldn’t want to have a drunken captain!
Friday September 26
At last, Greenland!! Boy have we all been looking forward to arriving somewhere! Have been out of range for phone, internet & any other communication for 3 days. Am wondering what is happening at home.
We were taken ashore by the ship’s tenders at around 8.30am onwards. Qaqortoq is the most picturesque town you could imagine. Nestled into mountains of granite it’s houses are all brightly painted in strong reds, blues & yellows and they all look pretty much the same so I think there is only 1 architect in the town! There are 3,100 people living there so with over 3,000 from the ship today it was a treat for them to bring out all their souveniers etc. Not much to buy, though unless you want a sealskin coat, boots or handbags all of which would be confiscated by customs on our return! The townspeople put on a special treat for us all with choir performances in the church, lectures on Greenland, open pre-school visits etc. All the schoolkids acted as tour guides & generally it was a fantastic experience. George & I had lunch at the hotel – we had a mixed grill which consisted of reindeer, musk ox, lamb & (for George) whale meat! It was all very delicious & served with local vegetables. Of course we sampled the local beer, too.
Back to the ship by 5pm for sailing at 5.30. Am now watching Greenland as we leave through the fiords & head into the Atlantic for the journey to St Johns, Newfoundland. The view here is spectacular with the steep snow covered mountains in the distance as well as icebergs dotted around the sea.
Dinner will be on shortly, but George is planning to retire as soon as it’s over so he can get up to watch the Grand Final! I may pass on that. But I guess it will be great excitement in Melbourne on Saturday especially with two Vic teams playing.
Hello to everyone – sorry the personal emails are not forthcoming but the internet is really slow and I find it hard sometimes to log into my Adam website.
More as soon as possible.

I know the Grand Final results & still say "Go Pies". Disappointment for Cats & congrats to Hawks. James S will be happy!!