Day 16 - Qaqortoq, Greenland

 I got up at 6 as they were moving furniture around above me by the aft pool.  I got dressed for my tour and went to breakfast at 6:40. After breakfast, I returned to the cabin to gather my things for going ashore. My tour is Qaqortoq on Foot for 1.5 hours at 8:30 and this is a tender port. Jai announced that there is a lot of mosquito activity and that we should bring our repellent with us.  I went to the World Stage to get my tour sticker at 8. We got on the tender to shore at 8:20 and gathered with our guide at the port before taking off on our walk. Our guide was a Danish girl name Ariana and she was very good at explaining the importance of the buildings. The tour ended at 10 and I returned to the tender and to my cabin at 10:30. I found my invitation to the Mariner Recognition Event and Lunch tomorrow and am at table 283. I uploaded my photos and updated the blog entry and went to lunch at 11:45. After lunch I wet to the library and got the crossword and returned to the cabin and worked it. At 3, I went to the Billboard Onboard for one drink before returning to the cabin where I read until time to get ready for the Orange Party. After a day of overcast skies, the sun came out as we were sailing away. I went to dinner at 6:15. After dinner, I went to the Billboard Onboard for a drink and at 8, I returned to the cabin before the Orange Party started as we lose 1 hour tonight and I have the Mariner Recognition Event at 10:15 tomorrow. I read until bedtime.

View from verandah in the early morning
 

Our guide told the store of the woman with the long black hair that gathered all the fish into it when the people were misbehaving meaning that they could catch no fish and when they behaved she combed all the fish out of her hair and back into the sea.

Colorful houses on the hill

The local bar with all types of entertainment

Mural on the side of a building

An example of a woman's shoe with beading and fur and color

The only hotel in Qaqortoq

A City Government Building

The new church painted white like an iceberg

The old church which became too small for the growing city

A very old important building

Grass growing out of the rock

The fountain which was dry at the moment

The native woman who helped a scientist during his survey by speaking the language and showing helpful things like which parts of an animal should not be eaten and how to skin a seal