This morning we anchored off Hvalsey to check out the 10thC, best preserved in the whole of Greenland, Norse ruins constructed of granite and lime mortar.
We also sailed to visit Qaqortoq (you need to make a guttural epiglottis sound when you say phonetically…”Carcortock”). With 3,000 inhabitants, it’s a charming colourful town with a small square, and a few beautiful colonial buildings dating back to 1775.
Greenlandic food tasting was on the menu prior to departure…delicacies such as reindeer fat on crisp bread; reindeer meat ( I mentioned to people that the vestige of Chernobyl was still probably present in the food chain!!!); smoked halibut and char; mussel and shrimp soup; and a number of dried bird meats – the latter we decided were safe from extinction….very hard, dry and not much taste.
Tonight we are looking forward to locals coming on board and entertaining us with a drumming performance.