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Day 22 — Saturday, 23rd AugustAzamara Holiday – Summary Phew! As promised, here’s a summary of our holiday, which includes links to all my daily Posts. We spent it with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Thanks for your readership, comments and feedback – it was great fun recording our …
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Day 21 — Friday, 22nd AugustEven More Akureyri! Morning all! 😁. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025 – and our last day exploring Iceland! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, having conquered Canada, and grappled with Greenland‘s weather! 😯. Even MORE Akureyri? Can there be anything left to see here?* *Of course there …
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Day 20 — Thursday, 21st AugustSightseeing around Akureyri Morning All! 👍Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! With Canada and Greenland completed, our final hop is here in the north of Iceland – in Akureyri. In a first for us eating Breakfast abroad, in amongst the continental staples of ham, cheese, peppers and tomatoes were… …
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Day 19 — Wednesday, 20th AugustAkureyri, Iceland Morning all! Welcome to Wednesday! We said goodbye to the Azamara Quest at some unGodly hour this morning as we headed for disembarkation in Reyjavik, Iceland. Reykjavík 5.32am: We’ve arrived! Reykjavik has a population of around 140000 and is the capital city of Iceland. The port was busy! …
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Day 18 — Tuesday, 19th AugustHeading for Iceland 6.05am: Morning all! It’s Tuesday and a grey and foggy one out there, where the radar puts us about halfway between Greenland and Iceland. We’re doing a comfortable 15 knots, but there’s a bit of a swell on! 🤢🤢. This final part of our Cruise has just …
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Day 17 — Monday, 18th AugustNOT Prince Christian Sound, Greenland Morning, my dedicated readers! 👍👍 Thanks for all your comments, questions and feedback during this holiday, where our latest travels has seen over 700 reads. As we hit the final week of our unique adventure, outside it’s a drab Monday morning, as we continue sailing …
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Day 16 — Sunday, 17th AugustQaqortoq, Greenland Morning all! 👍 It’s Day 16 of our three-week adventure, having ‘done’ Canada, we’ll soon be heading for Iceland in a few days’ time. For now, here we are on a chilly Sunday morning in Qaqortoq (aka Julianehaab), for our penultimate day in Greenland. Having sailed through the …
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Day 15 — 16th AugustPaamiut, Greenland Is it the weekend already? We’re at that stage where all the days are merging into one massive bout of eating, drinking and enjoying the scenery. Yes, I know: ‘Poor Loves!” 😁😁 With Canada now becoming a distant memory and our last few days left in Greenland, our final …
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Day 14 — Friday, 15th AugustSisimiut, Greenland Good morning, dedicated readers! We’re in Sisimiut, Greenland, where we arrived ahead of schedule last night at around 8pm. We’re still with our great mates, Ralph & Karen having already enjoyed the sights and sounds in parts of French-speaking Canada – Montréal and Québec. After a few more …
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Morning all! Welcome to Thursday – day 13 of our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re now heading for Greenland, but due to the weather conditions, we’re NOT landing at Nuuk, Greenland’s capital! Day 13 — Thursday, 14th AugustNuuk, Greenland Well, the above itinerary is ALMOST correct! 🤔 Day 13 ehh? How appropriate – unlucky for …
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Days 10/11/12 Monday, 11th August to Wednesday 13th AugustSailing to Greenland Morning all. Welcome back to our BIG Holiday of 2025! It’s another period at sea as we head for Greenland. On Monday morning, we got the internet back too, but it’s all a bit temperamental. Consider this an extra ‘simplified’ Post that I didn’t …
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Day 9 — Sunday, 10th AugustHavre St Pierre, Quebec Welcome back, loyal reader! 👍👍. After a sea day yesterday, we’re back to our itinerary. Sorry that this one is a bit late – we temporarily lost the internet around 7pm last night. Yesterday, at sea, was spent catching up with my reading, where, in the …
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Day 8 — Saturday, 9th AugustAt Sea Nothing to see here! It’s a ‘Sea Day’ – technically it’s actually a RIVER Day as we’re sailing along the St Lawrence River. Time to catch up with my reading! Tomorrow… We say hello to Havre St Pierre, Quebec Province.

Morning all! Is it Friday, already? 🤔. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 7 — Friday, 8th AugustSaguenay, Quebec, Canada It’s silly o’clock (5am!, local time, 10am, UK) and I’m up. Why so early? (especially after last night’s late one). …
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Morning all! Happy Thursday! Thanks for following my Blog – I’m enjoying reading your comments. 👍😊. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 6 — Thursday, 7th AugustMore of Quebec City Missed a Post? Day 1 – Heading for MontrealDay 2 …
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Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our good friends Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 5 — Wednesday, 6th AugustQuebec City Missed a previous Post?Day 1 – Onwards to MontrealDay 2 – Montreal – 2nd DayDay 3 – Montreal – 3rd DayDay 4 – Joining the Azamara Quest …
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Day 4 — Tuesday, 5th AugustAll Aboard the Azamara Quest! Missed a Post? Day 1 – Montréal Bound! Day 2 – Montréal: Day 1 Day 3 – Montréal Day 2 It’s all change today as we say au revoir to Montréal and begin the next chapter of our holiday. We’re with great mates, Ralph and …
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Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our great friends, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 3 — Monday, 4th AugustEven More of Montreal! Morning!… or as they say in these parts… ‘Bonjour!’. Yes, we’re in Montreal, Canada, where it helps if you can speak a little French! It’s …
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Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 2 — Sunday, 3rd AugustMontreal (1st Day) Morning all! Happy Sunday! 👍😎☀️ We arrived late evening, yesterday. And so today was about orienting ourselves and soaking up the sights before we join the Cruise …
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Welcome to ‘Day 1’ of our BIG Holiday of 2025 – a 21-day experience! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 1 – Saturday, 2nd AugustMontreal Before boarding the good ship Azamara Quest on Tuesday, we’ve got a few days in Montreal to soak up the sights. But …
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