ok folks... I'm on a campsite with wifi but its not good enough for me to upload pictures on to the blog and I'm guessing most people want pictures and not just my waffle so i'll up load as soon as we find better wifi... until then adventures continue, theres lots to post, and less then one and a half rotations of the earth before total eclipse.... weather for cast brilliant and we have good spot!
Almost last chapter... In which our Go Stargazing team watch Astonishing Aurora Borealis seen from the deck of the Astonishing Borealis!!!
The weather brightened considerably and the snowy peaks lining our sail down the fjiords looked glorious and sparkly in the sunshine against a (mainly) blue sky back drop. More awesome scenary.... the Go Stargazing team wrapt up their lectures ... only searching for the illusive Northern Lights remained. The tension from the night before dissolved in the sunshine the forecast for Aurora borealis was looking fairly positive - it was the captains farewell cocktsil party so everyone had their gladrags on.. We ate dinner and sky remained clear so we headed back to our room and donned as many layers as we could move in and proceeded to deck 10 in anticipation of stars and northern lights..... it did not dissappiont - just we got there as the bridge announced that the lights could be seen on the starboard side of the ship. It was stunning. Slowly the intensity built. The auroral green became brighter and bigger areas appe...
Oh very exciting! Hope you enjoy it :) Apparently Bonnie Tyler is going to be on a cruise ship, leaving Orlando in Florida today, and, as it all kicks off she will be up on the deck singing Total Eclipse of the Heart... Awesome!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteBeen loving all your updates - Yellowstone and it's beasts looked wonderful :) xx