To prove we’ve crossed the Artic Circle, we have Viking issued certificates. We have on previous cruises been to Iceland, Nuuk in Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, but those are all just below the Artic Circle.
Dinner last night was in the Restaurant. We enjoyed the meal and a nice discussion with a couple from Taiwan who sat at the next table. Pictures of the appetizers and of us. The Caesar Salad with extra anchovies was great. Like the bolo tie effect?
We arrived at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands at about 7 AM this morning. Alas, Jimmy Perez, Tosh, and Billy were not there to meet us. They are three of the characters from the BBC series “Shetland” (based on Ann Cleeves books) that we have watched for eight seasons. Season nine is in production. It’s a great series and you can stream all eight seasons. I think maybe it is available via BritBox (which you can add as an option if you have Amazon Prime). We were greeted on the dock, however. I stayed away from Elaine with that axe in hand!
Anyway, it was a dreary and cloudy morning and that’s when our panoramic tour was, so the pictures are not great. We drove through downtown Lerwick and stopped at a couple of overlooks on the island. We saw Jimmy Perez’ house and the Police Station from the show. And we stopped at a Shetland Pony farm (ranch?). Besides Shetland ponies we saw cows, sheep, and golfers grazing about. Shetland has the UK’s northernmost golf course.
After returning to the ship, we took the shuttle bus into town and had a bit of a walkabout in Lerwick. Nice town. All our meals of late have been on board Saturn, so we decided to have lunch in town. We ate at No88 Kitchen and Bar, a pleasant little cafe/bar in the center of town. We both had very good Lerwick IPA and we both had delicious (best ever?) fish and chips. There are pictures of the beer but not of the food. The fork was quicker than the shutter finger. We bought souvenirs from the nice lady at the Puffin Republic store.
Then we returned to the ship. Later in the afternoon, the skies cleared and we had beautiful sunshine. Too late, unfortunately, for the picture taking sessions of the morning. But I snapped a couple from the stateroom balcony just to show you the difference.
Great pictures as we sailed out of Lerwick.
See y’all tomorrow.
We LOVE Shetland (the tv show); it’s my favorite! It isn’t the same with that one character gone (won’t mention names in case some folks haven’t seen the series yet), but it is still darned good. We will be in Lerwick this fall, and we are really looking forward to it. Sounds lovely…
Love the ponies. Nice to be off the ship a bit I imagine. Elaine, remember how much mom loved the puffins? Great cold beer and fish ‘n chips. Sounds great to me! Stay well.
How can you look like you are losing weight with all those great pics of food?
Told Russ this trip looks fabulous – love the small towns and even having just sailing days!
The show Shetland is one of our favorites too – think you told us to watch last time we were with you both.
Keep enjoying!!
We are most definitely not losing weight!
Love the Shetland pony pix from your drive around and the great pix from your walk about in Lerwick. You both look like you enjoyed that fish and chips lunch with the Lerwick IPA.
I guess I’m the only one who hasn’t seen the Shetland tv series. I’ll have to work on that. I did read all the books and loved them.