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Day 11: Welcome to the Arctic!

by tini58de

June 8, 2005Another day at sea, cloudy, lazy....In the morning we had another lecture, after lunch we got a tour through the engine room and around 4 p.m. things became real exciting: we saw and hit the first ice floes. Nothing much could keep us inside, almost everybody was outside or on the bridge! At first there was just one ice floe, then there were dozens. All of a sudden we saw a seal on one of them, then a couple more and then actually hundreds of seals - spectacular!!!After dinner I spent about 2 hours outside again and the most spectacular sight was the first bear footprints on one of the ice flows. It gave me shivers to see that!!!

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Day 10: Day at Sea

by tini58de

June 7, 2005Today was another lazy day at sea:We relaxed, read, did crossword puzzles, went to the bridge to do some whalewatching (but no, today all the whales turned out to be waves only...), had two lectures, sauna, not to forget all that delicious food.....It was a real holiday day!!!

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Day 8: Day at Sea

by tini58de

June 5, 2005We spent a lazy day on board the Professor Molchanov, eating, sleeping, talking, doing crossword puzzles, whalewatching - and yes: we did see whales!! To be more precise: Fin Whales - the second largest species in the world! That really made our day!!!

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Day 7: Faroe Islands

by tini58de

June 3, 2005After some bureaucratical hassle we were finally allowed to land on Vagar Faroe Islands. We did a beautiful walk from Boer to Sorvagur including of course some - birdwatching!!In the late afternoon we did another zodiac cruise and landing, this time in Saksun/North Streymoy. What a fantastic landscape!!

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Day 6: Faroe Islands

by tini58de

June 2, 2005We spent the whole night and morning at sea, watching the Faroe Islands get closer. In the afternoon we went on a little discovery tour of Tórshavn.The evening cruise through Vestmanna Sound was beautiful, especially the sunset at 11 p.m.!!!

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Day 5: Fair Isle

by tini58de

June 1, 2005After a whole night of sailing we arrived at Fair Isle around noon. We did a lovely cruise with the zodiacs, saw lovely birds and a few seals and the beautiful cliff scenery.We then landed on Fair Isle and discovered the island, including a heartly welcome at the town hall, birdwatching (oh, those puffins are so cute...!) and a lovely walk around the island.

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Day 4: Aberdeen

by tini58de

May 31, 2005Before boarding the ship we did a tour of Aberdeen visiting mainly Old Aberdeen and enjoying Union Street.After a last good bye to our hostess Sheila we went to the harbour only to find out that there was no ship waiting for us.... Well, at the end we found it and got ready for a whole new adventure!

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Day 3: Scotland

by tini58de

May 30, 2005Today we visited Huntly Castle and did a wonderful tour along the East coast of Scotland to places like Portsoy, Banff and Pennan.Beautiful locations, indeed!

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Day 2: Scotland

by tini58de

May 29, 2005:Sheila drove with us around Scotland and showed us Fyvie Castle, Loanhead of Daviot, the Maiden Stone, the Royal Lochnagar destillery and in the evening we had a fantastic Whiskey lecture with her friend Gordon!Unforgettable!

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Day 1: Germany - Scotland

by tini58de

May 28, 2005We left Germany on a Ryan Air flight and arrived in Glasgow at 8 p.m. Our wonderful friend Sheila and her husband Keith picked us up at the Prestwick airport and drove all the way to their house in Aberdeenshire, thus giving us a first 3 1/2 hour tour through ScotlandThanks again, Sheila!

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Q:  I suddenly mused that it might/should be more interesting to check out the Canadian North, the Inuits etc instead of checking out... 

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A: Sheherezad, I think “Into the Northwest Passage” tour is definitely unique and is the kind of tour that you’d remember for the rest of your life. I’d say, go for... 

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