Our afternoon excursion in Akureryi took us to the local Botanical Gardens for a very pleasant 20 minutes stroll. Amazing that in a place of cold climate the flowers could grow so well. We then rode to Godafoss Falls, which was very impressive to have that much water going over it this late in the year. I can only imagine how much more there would be during the spring runoff.
After getting back to our room we were watching the sun set from our balcony as we sailed out of the fjord. Mary said "It would be just perfect to see a whale right now". Maybe 5 seconds later a whale surfaced right in front of us, not 50' from our balcony!! As we sailed on and pulled away we could see several other small whales surface, blow, and dive. What a great and very unexpected sighting!
3 comments:
God's creation is so spectacular! Whales, mountains, pink puffy clouds, seas, water falls, and gorgeous flowers! Thanks for sharing your day with us :) Those shrimp looked good enough to...to....eat! So glad they had Mary's fav dessert! ~Sylvia
Great photos , what a beautiful garden , waterfall , ice capped mountains and even a whale ,sounded like a great day and a great meal too Yum . Enjoy
Pat
Great pictures! Iceland looks beautiful. I'm glad Mary got her floating island dessert – maybe they will have it again before the end of the cruise. Great new sweater and hat. I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of that come winter!
Very cool that you got to see a whale from your balcony! Gail
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