Off to Greenland

Today's weather was not nearly as good as yesterday's, but was apparently much more typical of Iceland.  It rained with 25-35 mph winds.  So we were happy to spend the morning in the bus.  We toured the city and got a much better view of the Lutheran Church.


We also stopped at the national museum.  Then we drove to the airport for the two hour flight to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.  Given the Reykjavik weather, it wasn't surprising to quickly rise above the clouds.  But it cleared over Greenland and we got some views of the glacier complete with melted spots.


I was surprised how quickly the snow disappeared as we flew west over Greenland.




There was not much to see at the airport.  And even less at the "dock" we went from to get to the ship.  This is a view from the ship.


The water is too shallow for the ship to come to shore, so we got there via zodiacs.






Getting the luggage to the ship was another interesting endeavor.  It was placed in an old shipping container which was loaded onto a barge and a tug pushed it to the ship.  Welcome to Greenland.


This was the view from our balcony.