Nanortalik Greenland

After an amazing sleep we wake to a beautiful sight - land!  It has been 5 days at sea and we are ready to set foot on solid land.  Then the sound - announcement that tenders are ready (they now call them water shuttles).

We are not in a rush.  We get breakfast, shower, do a few errands and gather our stuff.

Water shuttle tickets are handed out and then you wait for your group to be called.  We waited around 15 minutes at 10:30 for our group to be called.  

We choose to sit at the top deck on the tender.  It is around 9 degrees, no wind, and no rain.  Yes cool, but if you are dressed appropriately you will be fine.  Plus you can get some very cool pictures.  Tender ride is 20 minutes plus loading and unloading.

Icebergs dot the landscape.  They are stunning.

The town is not big.  You can easily walk around the entire place if you can manage slight hills.

People come here for the scenery.  Don't expect a lot.  There is a grocery store, a fish store, a few clothing shops, a hotel, a bar, an outdoor museum, a sports field/complex, a church, a community hall and a tourist bureau.

We have no plans today but to walk around.  First thing is Bernie wants to put his feet in the water.  Crazy, I know. But he insists and he admits it is cold!  But worth it.

We walk around town maneuvering around road work that is happening.  Be prepared, there are not a lot of public washrooms.  You will find one at the tourist bureau, the church, the community hall and the bar.  I am sure there may be more but I did not find them.

Community Center

Fish Store

Grocery Store

If you are looking for shopping, well there is the grocery store.  The tourist bureau had a few things.  Some locals set up a table or lay their things out on a piece of wood to entice passing tourists to buy.  Prices were in US as well as Euro and Krona.  Note there are not a lot of places to buy souvenirs.

The church has a performance by the choir every hour.  Price is $14 and includes coffee and cake/biscuits (the coffee/cake is served at community hall).  We decide to attend.  The performance was around a half hour and all sung in Inotutuk.... quite enjoyable.  We make our way to the community hall for our coffee and biscuits.  In all was it worth $14, yeah I would say yes and no.  Pricey but everything here is more expensive, and I know that the monies will be put to good use in the community.

We walk all over, climbing over boulders, enjoying the birds that fly and swoop down to lead us along.

Now check out this great soccer field.  Artificial turf, I am sure growing grass here for 10 months a year would be difficult.  But man I couldn't play here, I would be distracted by that view.

We have worked up a thirst.  The restaurant/bar is a big blue building.  The bar is like any in any small town.  Bernie gets two pints of local beer.  Cost - a whopping $14.50 US each.  But it was good.

We walk to the other side of town and get some nice pictures.  In all we walk over 15,000 steps.  

On our way back we run into Dominique and together we explore a bit more before deciding it is time to get in the queue for the tender back.  

The Water Shuttle is over by the red building, we are at the back of the queue

us at the front of the queue looking back at the long line!

The line is huge, winding down the street!  We join it and slowly make our way to towards the pier.  Chatting with the people in the queue.  It takes about an hour to get to the front of the line.  Crew have hot chocolate and cookies for us  Thankfully it is not rainy.  

Back on board we grab some food from the buffet. A light snack as it is 430 and we have not really eaten since breakfast other than the biscuit and coffee.

My intention was to watch sailaway but I am tired.  Soon I am fast asleep.  We both decide a quiet evening in is what we need.  We watch a movie, we order a light meal from room service later and have a night that we needed.