Another great video Tina and Norm. I am really surprised with the number of comments suggesting people should still not travel due to Covid. You are right, you have to live your life, enjoy your travels and activities each day. Some people get Covid staying at home.
How fascinating! I really enjoyed this tiny bit of Iceland information.. Your cruise sounds wonderful, being such a small and more intimate venue. Safe travels!! Thanks for taking us along 🎉
I was happy to see this post - was waiting for your update to see where you were off to. How exciting. Brr...a little chilly for me. Ship looks lovely - I will be waiting to hear your full review of the ship. Nice that it is smaller. Bon voyage...Jo
Hope you have a fantastic time. Stay safe. I arrived in Toronto yesterday for 3 days to start my 14 day trip a toss Canada. What a lovely city. Have fun!! Xx
Sounds like a great cruise ship. When we were in Reykjavik last August we also had the hot dogs from that stand and loved the toppings as well. Another great place to eat there is Icelandic Street Food which has the traditional fish stew, lamb soup and usually another soup as well served in a bowl made of bread.
I really enjoyed watching this!! Keep it up! I like your calm manner, and your explanation of the little details, that's what makes it more interesting to view.
As the kids say, you guys are BALLERS! I think that means you’re doing stuff at a high level of proficiency ….but I need to consult my 9 yr old. 🫣 honestly, Iceland has been a place I’ve wanted to visit since 1978 when I first read about it in the world book encyclopedia. I love the details that you’ve mentioned from your visit. Who knew that president Clinton ate a hot dog at the hotdog stand by your hotel! (Maybe a lot of people other than me?) but way cool! Look forward to seeing more episodes from your amazing cruise! Love that you explained how you traveled as well, that’s great information.👍👍👍
Thanks for the video on your latest adventure. I’m on a vacation trip, too, so I’m late in seeing this video. Iceland sounds wonderful, and the cruise ship looks one I might want to use in the future. Thanks, Tina & Norm. Can’t wait to see your next installment.
Great content....love the journey through your eyes....I really like the pictures on of the food and the prices, buildings...so well done.....looking forward to continuation of the cruise video...Auriel
Your cabin is beautiful and very functional. Can wait to hear more about your cruise. I am looking into booking Arctic Circle for next June (Denmark-Norway-Greenland-Iceland), so I am excited to hear more about your experience and tips you can share. Happy sailing!
Everyone is going to Iceland these days! I've heard that it is very expensive there (pizza is USD100) but my neighbors have visited there five times. Please keep us posted with your vacation photos! Enjoy!
We agree Iceland 🇮🇸 is not cheap , However we booked a hotel with breakfast that was awesome , we enjoyed the Icelandic hot dogs 🌭 that were to die for ! but lots of places are expensive to visit these days so you just have to accept if you want to go that’s the price you will pay Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Just in Reykjavik a couple weeks ago. Really loved the Perlain Museum. Wonderful. Also, Golden Circle was great to visit. But ain't cheap. Eating out is very expensive . Cab ride to airport was $US 150.00. Enjoy your trip.
Very happy to see you enjoying your trip! We cruised July 2022 round trip Reykjavik to the Norwegian fjords. Flew into Reykjavik a few days early and really enjoyed the city and the Golden Circle. Your video brought back happy memories. Would love to know more about the ship you are on!
You guys are such an inspiration to us retirees. Hope you have a great time on your cruise. We have only cruised on big ships so it will be interesting to hear your comments on this smaller ship.
What a great trip and glad you felt safe to cruise again. Looking forward to your review of the ship (service, food, entertainment, activities, ship movement etc). 😀😀
Thanks so much! I agree that we can’t sit at home any longer. It’s time to travel again. My husband and I recently had Covid and just caught it in our home town. Thankfully, with our vaccinations it was just like a cold. Keep traveling and taking us with you via TH-cam!
Sorry to hear you both got Covid , yes guess at home or away it’s around and here to stay guess we just have to adjust to it being here Dolores Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
We had a hotdog in Reykjavik at that same cart, I think every visitor to Iceland has a hotdog there. We were in Iceland for a week a few years ago and toured around the island, we were self-guided and weren't part of a tour group or anything. It sounds like you were in Iceland for just a short visit but I remember Iceland as being a very expensive place but with many spectacular sites to see. In particular Gullfoss Falls stands out and we also had a wonderful time hiking out on a glacier--we needed a full set of crampons to walk on the glacier ice! Enjoy your cruise.
So pleased you are on this cruise. We are currently in the South of France which has been lovely. Must say though, we really enjoy the far-flung destinations as much. We were in Iceland a few years and loved it. Looking forward to your impressions and updates, but it certainly looks like a great ship and a fun trip.
What a great cruise?! It seems that all is first class. Enjoy the cruise and Iceland, and thank you for showing us that part of the world. Ah, I also enjoy having hot dogs from different countries. I never forget the one from a food truck near the Eiffel. Excellent! Many cheers!🍷🍸🍹🍺🥂
Sounds like a wonderful cruise. Have a fab time. I have never been to Iceland! However, Montreal is my favourite city in Canada. Hope to be back there in 2024.
We thought it would be neat arriving back in Montreal , then we can take the train 🚂 home Mary rose, Iceland 🇮🇸 is a wonderful place to visit put it on your bucket list Cheers 🙂🇮🇸🌺🇨🇦
Wow powerful statement Mike , we have stayed home for the last three years does mean trying to get back to a normal life a poor decision or are we just supposed to stay home and go nowhere. We can get sick pumping gas ⛽️ or going to our local bank 🤔
Star Pride will be in Halifax on the 8th Oct. Hopefully the outbreak will be over by then otherwise it will spread via the passengers visiting our city.
This post might arrive a bit too late for response, but here it goes: Great intro video about your cruise from Iceland, Norm and Tina! Having NEVER tried a cruise in our lives, we think the scale of this one might really suit us. One of your previous videos mentioned that you still wanted to be careful, which is why you chose this (much) smaller cruise ship. How relatively safe has the cruise felt so far in regards to whatever the latest concerns would be about viral infections? Is masking done, to any degree-and what would be some scenarios (eg., wearing masks during buffet line-ups, social events, etc.)? We are not paranoid at all, but trying to get a read on what the protocols are right now on a small-ship cruise. Thank you.
Hi Tina and Norm, I like watching your videos, and hopefully, before we are 60, I like your advice :) - we were just in Reykjavik in July, for a layover too, on our way to and then from Europe, the first time for me, and I loved the food. I'm a bit more fussy about food and didn't eat a hotdog, but a beef stew and the best rye bread :). Actually, my son decided to taste fermented Icelandic shark, just because it's Icelandic...
Dear Tina and Norm, my wife and I were shocked to hear that you went on a cruise considering you were so cautious all alone. The high risk of a COVID-19 outbreak is higher when a lot of people share a common space, like a cruise ship. Most if not all cruise lines have dropped vaccination and testing requirements. I'm sure you both considered your risk level based on your health status before booking a cruise, and took precautions while on board to avoid getting sick. But you let your guard down regrettably, it can happen anywhere. Most importantly is to get better soon. As far as wintering in Portugal, remember you have to fly, here again a confined place with lots of people. Perhaps curtail your trip to Portugal.
Thank you for your comment however we are both getting older and for the last three years have not travelled a lot . Other than going to our trailer and a month in Alabama and two trains trips we felt we needed to try and get back to normal so decided to do a cruise 🚢 with very few people only 160 . We didn’t let our guard down , did all the same precautions we do at home and work masks 😷 on the plane and train but unfortunately got sick Curious do you think we should just stay home and go nowhere for the next 10 years out of fear 🤔
@@ThisIsOurRetirementI think with wearing masks in crowded situations and keeping up on vaccinations you are doing enough to go out and enjoy life. When possible I keep things like NyQuil on hand, but they can’t go on a plane trip, but you can run out to a pharmacy if you feel sick while traveling. All I would do with those is reduce symptoms while sick. In my opinion the best thing to prevent getting any virus is to take vitamin D supplements. Even with spending time in the sun my vitamin D is low, so I take one per day in summer and two in winter. I haven’t had any colds, flu, or Covid since I started making sure to take vitamin D sometime before the pandemic started. It could be luck, but my vitamin D is in the high normal range, so it’s good anyway. Enjoy the trip I was looking at Iceland Air for a trip to Paris later in the year and since I’ve never been to Iceland, I wouldn’t mind a stop over for a couple days
From what I gather you got COVID on this cruise ship. I thought it was just a cold you had Norm. We have endless cruises leaving here to go OS or just around Australia. There is still COVID onboard but they just isolate in their cabins. It seems part of the norm (pardon the pun). COVID is here to stay so buckle up and get out and live your life. 😅😅
We do take lots of Vitamin D and Vitamin C every day , we have had vaccinations 💉, friends of ours have done 5 cruises 🚢 since last September they didn’t get sick it gave us the confidence to try cruising again . Iceland 🇮🇸 is a lovely place to visit and if you go do the Golden Circle tour and try the famous hot dogs 🌭 Cheers Ken 🇮🇸✈️🌭🇨🇦
What an exciting adventure for you two! Thanks for taking us along. I can’t wait to see more. It looks like a big ship but you said there’s not that many passengers, can you say how many?
Let’s get to a 100,000 subscribers! That hot dog looks great! What was the name of the cruise company? Have a fantastic journey. Australian Pink Floyd last night. I think I may be entering my slow go years from all these concerts lol. …Cheers. Live The Dream!
We would be so excited to get to 100K subscribers Paul 🥳it’s a goal for us especially being Baby boomers ! The cruise is with Windstar Take Care Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🇨🇦
Awesome, enjoy the cruise and stay healthy. As for your goal of reaching 100K, I have been a subscriber for a long time, hope the next 35K subscribers come sooner than later. Just curious, would you have a new goal once you have 100K? Have fun ⛵️ ⛵️
Thanks so much for supporting us we appreciate it very much , we are so excited for our goal of 100K ( it would be great as Baby boomers to prove that you are never too old 🙂) , when we get there we will answer your question Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Just got off a cruise ship (Holland America) that went to Alaska for 7 days. Got an unexpected gift without doing any shopping at all. The gift was Covid-19. The gift included a mild cough, runny nose, aching joints, and an "on again, off again" headache. So the next 10 days were spent isolating at home. I am now going to re-think getting on a cruise ship with 2,600 passengers. I will make a full recovery, I hope.
So sorry to hear that Robert we got the same gift as you from Windstar ( video to follow this Saturday) we too rethinking getting on any cruise ship 🚢 😱in the future . We hope you make a full recovery ❤️🩹 we are still like you in recovery mode kinda of spoils the whole vacation take care Cheers 🇨🇦🙂🚢🇮🇸
So much for being “safe” on a tiny cruise ship. Sorry to hear you also caught COVID19. To be honest, I don’t think cruise line companies don’t care two hoots whether you get Covid19 or not. They have your money. I hope your symptoms are mild and that you recover quickly. Hopefully your upcoming video will tell the entire story of your Covid journey.
We totally agree Robert we thought we were “safer “ on a small ship 🤔 we agree once you have paid none of them really care . It was an experience that we talk more about on Saturdays video .Not sure if we will cruising any time soon Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🇨🇦
Just reading your previous response to one of your viewers "So sorry to hear that Robert we got the same gift as you from Windstar ( video to follow this Saturday) we too rethinking getting on any cruise ship 🚢 😱in the future."
We so wanted to get back to cruising for many reasons , but it seems that it is maybe not the answer for us with travel . Perhaps it’s back to the drawing board Allan Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🚢🇨🇦🍻
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Another great video Tina and Norm. I am really surprised with the number of comments suggesting people should still not travel due to Covid. You are right, you have to live your life, enjoy your travels and activities each day. Some people get Covid staying at home.
Our thoughts exactly Wendy Covid seems to be to stay so we all have to learn how to get on with life and live with it Cheers 🥂🚢🍁🇮🇸🇨🇦
Enjoying our lunch watching you both. Enjoy for all of us!..
Glad you enjoy our videos have a great lunch Cheers 🍷🍻🙂
The cod liver oil is for Vitamin D because of the long dark winters. It wards off rickets and other bone issues. We used to take it as kids.
Wow that’s cool thanks for sharing Cheers 🙂🇮🇸🍻
I think I’ll continue with taking vitamin D instead of taking cod liver oil. Lol.
That what we take too 👍
Yes I used to have a spoon of cod liver oil every day. In the 1950s I think they had just figured out that worked to fend off rickets
Thanks for sharing Betty Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🙂🇨🇦
Can't wait to do it ourselves!
Iceland 🇮🇸 and Greenland 🇬🇱 are beautiful we loved visiting Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🙂🇨🇦
This is fantastic! Looking for more of your experiences from that part of the world. Thanks Tina and Norm😊
Our pleasure! glad you enjoyed it Karen Cheers 🌺🍷
Could I/we get a link to yr beautiful tops you're both wearing if you got them online PLS 😉
STUNNING!
Thanks
A lot of them we get from Costco , Walmart or Giant Tiger Margi 🍷🌺
What an adventure! Looks like wonderful accommodations on the ship. Glad you are having such good service. Thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure! Cheers 🇮🇸🍷🌭🇨🇦🙂
looks like your having a great time on the cruise good to get information on eating places in Reykjavik
*like👍viewing from Australia🦘 in full☑📺*
Thanks Billy the hot dogs were delicious 😋 Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🇦🇺🙂
I hope you both have lots of fun, and a great time Tina and Norm! Wish I was there as well. 💙🛳🍹🍸
Thanks so much Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🙂🇨🇦
Thank you T&N so nice to see you enjoying ,please keep posting about your cruise so I can enjoy too.God Bless and keep safe.
Thank you! Will do Barbara Cheers 🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂🍻
Enjoy!🛳
Thank you Julie 🇮🇸🌭🙂🇨🇦
How fascinating! I really enjoyed this tiny bit of Iceland information..
Your cruise sounds wonderful, being such a small and more intimate venue. Safe travels!! Thanks for taking us along 🎉
Our pleasure! 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🌭
Looks awesome, guys. Looking forward to your next update particularly concerning all the ports around Iceland.
Thanks John have a wonderful day Cheers 🍻🙂
Hi Norm and Tina, wishing you a wonderful trip. Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks so much more to come on Saturday Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🚢🌭
Glad to see you enjoying my country! Have a great trip.
Thanks so much we had a wonderful time and those hot dogs 🌭 were just awesome 👍Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
I was happy to see this post - was waiting for your update to see where you were off to. How exciting. Brr...a little chilly for me. Ship looks lovely - I will be waiting to hear your full review of the ship. Nice that it is smaller. Bon voyage...Jo
Thanks Jo yes it’s chilly but now back in Canada 🇨🇦 it’s summer here LOL 😂😂 Cheers 🍻🇨🇦🇮🇸
Sounds fabulous, looking forward to the next one, thx
More to come!
Hello Tina and Norm 😊
Hope you enjoyed your cruise and the whole trip as best as possible.
All the best and hope you are doing well.
🌷Sam
Thanks so much! 😊 Sam we have enjoyed our time so far Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂🚢
Great video, loved the pics and details provided. - Have loads of Fun!
Thanks so much! have a great day Shelley 🇮🇸🚢🙂🌭
Hope you have a fantastic time. Stay safe. I arrived in Toronto yesterday for 3 days to start my 14 day trip a toss Canada. What a lovely city. Have fun!! Xx
Wow welcome to Canada we hope you have a wonderful visit here Maxine Cheers 🇨🇦🍷🌺
Sounds like a great cruise ship. When we were in Reykjavik last August we also had the hot dogs from that stand and loved the toppings as well. Another great place to eat there is Icelandic Street Food which has the traditional fish stew, lamb soup and usually another soup as well served in a bowl made of bread.
Yes the lamb stew / soup is amazing!
I really enjoyed watching this!! Keep it up! I like your calm manner, and your explanation of the little details, that's what makes it more interesting to view.
Glad you enjoyed it! have a great day Sandra Cheers 🇮🇸🍷🌭🇨🇦🙂
thanks have fun
Your welcome Clayton Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂🍻
I enjoy listening to your dialogue and following you on your travels. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you! have a great day Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Hi Tina & Norm, Warm Greetings from Sunny Costa Del Sol (Spain). Wow, this sounds wonderful, enjoy the rest of the trip!
Thank you we will , hope you have a great time in Spain 🇪🇸 Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
As the kids say, you guys are BALLERS! I think that means you’re doing stuff at a high level of proficiency ….but I need to consult my 9 yr old. 🫣 honestly, Iceland has been a place I’ve wanted to visit since 1978 when I first read about it in the world book encyclopedia. I love the details that you’ve mentioned from your visit. Who knew that president Clinton ate a hot dog at the hotdog stand by your hotel! (Maybe a lot of people other than me?) but way cool! Look forward to seeing more episodes from your amazing cruise! Love that you explained how you traveled as well, that’s great information.👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Derek as they say if it was good enough for Bill Clinton then it is for us too LOL 😂Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
So great to hear how it's going. Will enjoy seeing your video on windstar.
Thank you Cheers 🚢🌭🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Sounds like so much fun, thank you for sharing this experience with us. Blessings.
You are so welcome Lisa 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
Thank you for sharing Sir Norm and Mrs. Tina! Have a great cruise! 😀🍺
Our pleasure! hope you are well Chris So enjoyed our time in Iceland 🇮🇸 Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🚢🇨🇦
This is beautiful but looks very expensive.
It wasn’t cheap we give the full cost in our next video on Saturday Carolyn Cheers 🚢🌭🇮🇸🙂
Looking forward to seeing you hit that 100K!
Fingers crossed! Thank you
Wonderful - you both have a delightful time
Thanks so much Teri we have enjoyed our time in Iceland 🇮🇸 Cheers 🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂🌭🍷
Fantastic, now that's an adventure. Good for you. Look forward to you sharings about the trip.
~ Ben, Vancouver ISLAND
Thanks Ben so far we have had a great time Cheers 🇨🇦🌭🇮🇸🙂
Great video! Love this! once again you guys are inspiring me with ideas for my retirement -- which will start soon. Thank you!
Our pleasure! hope your retirement comes soon Gregory Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous trip. Love your cabin. Stay safe and have fun!
Our pleasure! have a great day Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
How exciting! Thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure! thanks for watching David Cheers 🇮🇸🍻🇨🇦🙂
I think you chose wisely. I'd love to visit Iceland. Look forward to your next one.
Iceland 🇮🇸 is a lovely place to visit we did enjoy our day before the cruise 🚢 Cheers 🚢🌭🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Looks fab! Enjoy every minute!
Thank you! Will do Carol Cheers 🇨🇦🙂🇮🇸🌭
Thank you for the smooth and calm conversation, you guys rock
Thank you so much 🇮🇸🌭🙂🚢
Thanks for the video on your latest adventure. I’m on a vacation trip, too, so I’m late in seeing this video. Iceland sounds wonderful, and the cruise ship looks one I might want to use in the future. Thanks, Tina & Norm. Can’t wait to see your next installment.
Hope you are having fun Bruce we loved Iceland 🇮🇸 Cheers 🇮🇸🇺🇸🌭🇨🇦
Great content....love the journey through your eyes....I really like the pictures on of the food and the prices, buildings...so well done.....looking forward to continuation of the cruise video...Auriel
Glad you like them! we had a lovely time Auriel Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🌺🚢🇨🇦
Our son and daughter-in-law went to Iceland and what a gorgeous place! The scenery was breathtaking
Totally agree the scenery is awesome , it is expensive to visit but a great start to our trip Cheers guys 🇺🇸🌭🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Looking forward to following you on this trip! Great to see you back on a ship! Have the best time!
Thanks so much! take care Debbie 🇮🇸🌭🙂🚢🍷
Bon Voyage! I am looking forward to your next video. This trip sounds simply amazing.
Thanks Karen Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🚢
Enjoy your cruise! What a beautiful cabin you have. I am eager to hear more about your journey.
Thanks so much! so far so good Jennifer Cheers 🇺🇸🍷🇨🇦🇮🇸
Wow, how exciting! Thanks for sharing your journey. I am looking forward to following you on your cruise adventures!
Our pleasure! videos will follow Katherine Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🍷🚢
Sounds like a good time you guys!!! Have fun!!!
Thanks Paul 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
How exciting for you both. Looking forward to a tour around the ship and hearing about the food and activities on board. Bon Voyage 😊
Thanks Danielle we really enjoyed our time in Reykjavik the food there was delicious 😋 Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🌭🚢
Have a wonderful time . Can’t wait to see more ! Small town USA 🇺🇸
Thanks Cinde we are having fun enjoying Iceland 🇮🇸 Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🇺🇸
Your cabin is beautiful and very functional. Can wait to hear more about your cruise. I am looking into booking Arctic Circle for next June (Denmark-Norway-Greenland-Iceland), so I am excited to hear more about your experience and tips you can share. Happy sailing!
Sounds great! it’s a wonderful itinerary more info coming Cheers 🙂🌭🇮🇸🇨🇦
Sounds exciting. Enjoy!
Thanks so much 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🍷
Very nice Tina and Normand, we look forward to see the entire trip on your next episodes, ❤enjoy and cheers,😊
Thanks so much Daniell it was a lovely start to our trip Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🌭
Such a wonderful journey you are on. Iceland is on my bucket list. Enjoy and safe travels. ❤️🇨🇦
It is a lovely place to visit Herma so different we have loved our time here Cheers 🇨🇦🚢🇮🇸🙂
Really enjoyed your video. Have a great time on your cruise. Thanks for the video!
Your very welcome Sylvia we are looking forward to it Cheers 🇨🇦🚢🇮🇸🙂🍷
I am looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in Iceland. I like the looks of the ship as it seems smaller than most. Enjoy!
More to come! Only 160 people on board instead of 314 Katie Cheers 🚢🌭🇮🇸🙂
Everyone is going to Iceland these days! I've heard that it is very expensive there (pizza is USD100) but my neighbors have visited there five times. Please keep us posted with your vacation photos! Enjoy!
We agree Iceland 🇮🇸 is not cheap , However we booked a hotel with breakfast that was awesome , we enjoyed the Icelandic hot dogs 🌭 that were to die for ! but lots of places are expensive to visit these days so you just have to accept if you want to go that’s the price you will pay Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Have fun, I cant wait to get some tips on cruises and deals and how,, to book properly,, cheers,
Your welcome Maryjoan Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Just in Reykjavik a couple weeks ago. Really loved the Perlain Museum. Wonderful.
Also, Golden Circle was great to visit.
But ain't cheap. Eating out is very expensive . Cab ride to airport was $US 150.00.
Enjoy your trip.
Agree definitely not cheap , we did the Golden Circle last time we were there and yes it all is expensive Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🇺🇸
Very happy to see you enjoying your trip! We cruised July 2022 round trip Reykjavik to the Norwegian fjords. Flew into Reykjavik a few days early and really enjoyed the city and the Golden Circle. Your video brought back happy memories. Would love to know more about the ship you are on!
Sounds great! we did the Golden Circle tour last time we visited Iceland 🇮🇸 glad it brought back memories for you Dell Cheers 🌭🇮🇸🚢🙂🍻
You guys are such an inspiration to us retirees. Hope you have a great time on your cruise. We have only cruised on big ships so it will be interesting to hear your comments on this smaller ship.
Our pleasure! we have a full video of the cruise coming out on Saturday Janette Cheers 🚢🌭🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Can't wait for you to break out the Pablo Cruise T shirt.
Too funny Mark LOL 😂 Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
What a great trip and glad you felt safe to cruise again. Looking forward to your review of the ship (service, food, entertainment, activities, ship movement etc). 😀😀
We felt it was time to get back to travel more and we hope that included cruising Maureen Iceland 🇮🇸 was a great start to our trip Cheers 🇨🇦🙂🇮🇸🌺🍷
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Thanks so much! I agree that we can’t sit at home any longer. It’s time to travel again. My husband and I recently had Covid and just caught it in our home town. Thankfully, with our vaccinations it was just like a cold. Keep traveling and taking us with you via TH-cam!
Sorry to hear you both got Covid , yes guess at home or away it’s around and here to stay guess we just have to adjust to it being here Dolores Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
Love the sandholt bakery!
It was wonderful Cindy food was great we knew it was good as the line up to get in was huge LOL 😂😂🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
We had a hotdog in Reykjavik at that same cart, I think every visitor to Iceland has a hotdog there. We were in Iceland for a week a few years ago and toured around the island, we were self-guided and weren't part of a tour group or anything. It sounds like you were in Iceland for just a short visit but I remember Iceland as being a very expensive place but with many spectacular sites to see. In particular Gullfoss Falls stands out and we also had a wonderful time hiking out on a glacier--we needed a full set of crampons to walk on the glacier ice! Enjoy your cruise.
We had previously been in Iceland for a week like you self guided, we did do the golden circle tour to Gullfoss Falls etc. Thanks for watching.
So pleased you are on this cruise. We are currently in the South of France which has been lovely. Must say though, we really enjoy the far-flung destinations as much. We were in Iceland a few years and loved it. Looking forward to your impressions and updates, but it certainly looks like a great ship and a fun trip.
Sounds great! enjoy your time in France 🇫🇷 Holly Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🇨🇦🙂
Have a great time!
Thanks Linda 🌺🍷
Norm, I had to laugh, my grandmother gave us a tablespoon full of cod liver oil every morning!
Great minds think alike Cheers 🙂
Good for you!
Thank you Danny 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Well done, you two! very exciting trip. Thanks for educating us about Iceland. Can see you're living the life of luxury. Stiff upper lip and carry on!
Our pleasure! we had a great time there enjoying Iceland 🇮🇸 before our cruise Cheers 🇮🇸🍻🇨🇦🙂
What a great cruise?! It seems that all is first class. Enjoy the cruise and Iceland, and thank you for showing us that part of the world. Ah, I also enjoy having hot dogs from different countries. I never forget the one from a food truck near the Eiffel. Excellent! Many cheers!🍷🍸🍹🍺🥂
Our pleasure! thanks for sharing Tony we loved the hot dogs in Iceland 🇮🇸 Cheers 🌭🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂🍷🍻
Enjoy your cruise. I'm off to a 3 week road trip.
Thanks have a wonderful road trip Cheers 🌺🙂🇮🇸
What a fab reconstruction of your experience. Happy travels. 👌🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿 🍷🛳
Thanks Anita we had a great 24 hours loved the food and our Hilton hotel was awesome Cheers 🇳🇱🌭🇮🇸🍷🇨🇦🙂
Sounds like a wonderful cruise. Have a fab time. I have never been to Iceland! However, Montreal is my favourite city in Canada. Hope to be back there in 2024.
We thought it would be neat arriving back in Montreal , then we can take the train 🚂 home Mary rose, Iceland 🇮🇸 is a wonderful place to visit put it on your bucket list Cheers 🙂🇮🇸🌺🇨🇦
@@ThisIsOurRetirement I certainly will
Wow, hotdog as the Icelandic national dish! :)
And they were delicious 😋 Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🍻🙂🇨🇦
Sometimes we make poor decisions and choices in life, hoping for a speedy recovery. Take care.
Wow powerful statement Mike , we have stayed home for the last three years does mean trying to get back to a normal life a poor decision or are we just supposed to stay home and go nowhere. We can get sick pumping gas ⛽️ or going to our local bank 🤔
How fabulous!
Very excited Patricia we had a lovely day in Reykjavik Cheers 🇮🇸🍷🍻🙂
Love your videos!!!!
Glad you like them! Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🌭🚢
Star Pride will be in Halifax on the 8th Oct. Hopefully the outbreak will be over by then otherwise it will spread via the passengers visiting our city.
They will be all brand new passengers on board on Oct 8th Yvonne so no need to worry Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🙂🇨🇦
I think it's now generally the case that airlines are charging extra if you want an on-board meal - even for many long-haul flights.
Very true these days 🙂✈️
Seems the start of your trip went smoothly. Great video! 👍
Yes! Thank you! so far so good Edward we loved our time in Reykjavik 🇮🇸 Cheers 🍻🙂
This post might arrive a bit too late for response, but here it goes: Great intro video about your cruise from Iceland, Norm and Tina! Having NEVER tried a cruise in our lives, we think the scale of this one might really suit us. One of your previous videos mentioned that you still wanted to be careful, which is why you chose this (much) smaller cruise ship. How relatively safe has the cruise felt so far in regards to whatever the latest concerns would be about viral infections? Is masking done, to any degree-and what would be some scenarios (eg., wearing masks during buffet line-ups, social events, etc.)? We are not paranoid at all, but trying to get a read on what the protocols are right now on a small-ship cruise. Thank you.
Our video later today Saturday, will go into detail about our cruise experience.
Tina and Norman enjoy your cruise 🛳
Thanks so much 🇮🇸🇨🇦🚢
@@ThisIsOurRetirement you are welcome we 🇬🇧 always enjoy your videos 🇵🇹
Have a fantastic time. Let us know how you get on!
We will thank you Cheers 🙂🍻🚢
Hi Tina and Norm, I like watching your videos, and hopefully, before we are 60, I like your advice :) - we were just in Reykjavik in July, for a layover too, on our way to and then from Europe, the first time for me, and I loved the food. I'm a bit more fussy about food and didn't eat a hotdog, but a beef stew and the best rye bread :). Actually, my son decided to taste fermented Icelandic shark, just because it's Icelandic...
That’s great we had been to Iceland 🇮🇸 before but this time wanted to experience their national dish 🌭Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Dear Tina and Norm, my wife and I were shocked to hear that you went on a cruise considering you were so cautious all alone. The high risk of a COVID-19 outbreak is higher when a lot of people share a common space, like a cruise ship. Most if not all cruise lines have dropped vaccination and testing requirements. I'm sure you both considered your risk level based on your health status before booking a cruise, and took precautions while on board to avoid getting sick. But you let your guard down regrettably, it can happen anywhere. Most importantly is to get better soon. As far as wintering in Portugal, remember you have to fly, here again a confined place with lots of people. Perhaps curtail your trip to Portugal.
Thank you for your comment however we are both getting older and for the last three years have not travelled a lot . Other than going to our trailer and a month in Alabama and two trains trips we felt we needed to try and get back to normal so decided to do a cruise 🚢 with very few people only 160 . We didn’t let our guard down , did all the same precautions we do at home and work masks 😷 on the plane and train but unfortunately got sick
Curious do you think we should just stay home and go nowhere for the next 10 years out of fear 🤔
Don’t the vaccines work? 😂
@@ThisIsOurRetirementI think with wearing masks in crowded situations and keeping up on vaccinations you are doing enough to go out and enjoy life.
When possible I keep things like NyQuil on hand, but they can’t go on a plane trip, but you can run out to a pharmacy if you feel sick while traveling. All I would do with those is reduce symptoms while sick.
In my opinion the best thing to prevent getting any virus is to take vitamin D supplements. Even with spending time in the sun my vitamin D is low, so I take one per day in summer and two in winter. I haven’t had any colds, flu, or Covid since I started making sure to take vitamin D sometime before the pandemic started. It could be luck, but my vitamin D is in the high normal range, so it’s good anyway.
Enjoy the trip
I was looking at Iceland Air for a trip to Paris later in the year and since I’ve never been to Iceland, I wouldn’t mind a stop over for a couple days
From what I gather you got COVID on this cruise ship. I thought it was just a cold you had Norm. We have endless cruises leaving here to go OS or just around Australia. There is still COVID onboard but they just isolate in their cabins. It seems part of the norm (pardon the pun). COVID is here to stay so buckle up and get out and live your life. 😅😅
We do take lots of Vitamin D and Vitamin C every day , we have had vaccinations 💉, friends of ours have done 5 cruises 🚢 since last September they didn’t get sick it gave us the confidence to try cruising again . Iceland 🇮🇸 is a lovely place to visit and if you go do the Golden Circle tour and try the famous hot dogs 🌭 Cheers Ken 🇮🇸✈️🌭🇨🇦
What an exciting adventure for you two! Thanks for taking us along. I can’t wait to see more. It looks like a big ship but you said there’s not that many passengers, can you say how many?
Our pleasure! there was 160 on board instead of 314 Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🙂
Let’s get to a 100,000 subscribers! That hot dog looks great! What was the name of the cruise company? Have a fantastic journey. Australian Pink Floyd last night. I think I may be entering my slow go years from all these concerts lol. …Cheers. Live The Dream!
We would be so excited to get to 100K subscribers Paul 🥳it’s a goal for us especially being Baby boomers ! The cruise is with Windstar Take Care Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🌭🇨🇦
YAY!! More travel for my favorite Retired You Toooobers :^)
Thanks Nancy have a wonderful week Cheers 🇮🇸🍻🇨🇦🙂
Very nice ❤enjoy 🎉🎉
Thank you 🤗
Very interesting 😊
Glad you think so! we had a great time in Reykjavik Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦🍻
❤❤❤ love your vids!
Thank you 🌺🙂
Awesome, enjoy the cruise and stay healthy. As for your goal of reaching 100K, I have been a subscriber for a long time, hope the next 35K subscribers come sooner than later. Just curious, would you have a new goal once you have 100K? Have fun ⛵️ ⛵️
Thanks so much for supporting us we appreciate it very much , we are so excited for our goal of 100K ( it would be great as Baby boomers to prove that you are never too old 🙂) , when we get there we will answer your question Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Just got off a cruise ship (Holland America) that went to Alaska for 7 days. Got an unexpected gift without doing any shopping at all. The gift was Covid-19. The gift included a mild cough, runny nose, aching joints, and an "on again, off again" headache. So the next 10 days were spent isolating at home. I am now going to re-think getting on a cruise ship with 2,600 passengers. I will make a full recovery, I hope.
So sorry to hear that Robert we got the same gift as you from Windstar ( video to follow this Saturday) we too rethinking getting on any cruise ship 🚢 😱in the future . We hope you make a full recovery ❤️🩹 we are still like you in recovery mode kinda of spoils the whole vacation take care Cheers 🇨🇦🙂🚢🇮🇸
Oh no, not fun. Hope you are well again quickly
So much for being “safe” on a tiny cruise ship. Sorry to hear you also caught COVID19. To be honest, I don’t think cruise line companies don’t care two hoots whether you get Covid19 or not. They have your money. I hope your symptoms are mild and that you recover quickly. Hopefully your upcoming video will tell the entire story of your Covid journey.
Apologies for the poor grammar above. I guess I am still recovering from COVID19.
We totally agree Robert we thought we were “safer “ on a small ship 🤔 we agree once you have paid none of them really care . It was an experience that we talk more about on Saturdays video .Not sure if we will cruising any time soon Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🇨🇦
I hope you see some cool animals.
Not seen any wildlife so far Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
If memory serves from our trip, those hot dogs are made from lamb ;)
They were delicious 😋 Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🇨🇦🙂
I envision there will be no cruising for you both in the near future.
Curious why you say that Allan 🤔
Just reading your previous response to one of your viewers
"So sorry to hear that Robert we got the same gift as you from Windstar ( video to follow this Saturday) we too rethinking getting on any cruise ship 🚢 😱in the future."
We so wanted to get back to cruising for many reasons , but it seems that it is maybe not the answer for us with travel .
Perhaps it’s back to the drawing board Allan Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🚢🇨🇦🍻
Enjoy! Not sure I could eat a hotdog with apple sauce. 😂
It was wonderful Tracy a must try LOL 😂Cheers 🇮🇸🌭🍷🇨🇦