• Laura L
  • Laura L

Greenland 2016

A 13-day adventure by Laura Read more
  • Trip start
    August 22, 2016
  • Copenhargen, Denmark

    August 23, 2016 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    8/22 Arrived Copenhagen, Denmark. Bicycles are primary transportation tool for locals and the streets have designated bike lanes that are well designed. The streets are clean. Young people are fashionable, slender and beautiful. Cost of living seems to be quite high. High in 70, Low in 65.Read more

  • ... in København

    August 23, 2016 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    8/23 in Denmark. Famous open sandwich, food market in downtown Norroport? We used Airbnb to find an apartment in downtown. Walking distance to most of the attraction in downtown. A lot of bikes on the street, butcher shop with hats? Little Mermaid,palace and prince. We actually saw the prince drove his car out of the palace, just past us. Very handsome.Read more

  • Ilulissat, Greenland

    August 24, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    8/24 Day 1. Flight leaving Copenhagen, took 4 hours to connect at Kangerlussuaq on the west side of Greenland and flew another 45 min to Ilulissat. Kangerlussuag airport has 2 gates only. Wine at the Duty Free store would save you at least 30% than the local stores. High in 54F, Low in 35F.Read more

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 24, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    8/24 Day 1 afternoon. Arrived in the afternoon. Rented a house from Airbnb. It turned out to be a great choice because it's among the local residences with great views. Went grocery shopping. With population of 4000+, Ilulissat has a school, two museums, a sports facility with even badminton courts. The outdoor soccer field is where local boys love to hang out. Recycling is pretty serious in this little town.Read more

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 25, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    8/24 Evening. After shopping and quick tour of the town, we had dinner with frozen food and some vegetable with congee. It was too late to get fresh fish from the fishing boats. Since the sun is still up, we decided to hike on the short Yellow Trail which is about 2.6 km. Spectacular view along the way. Ilulissat Icefjord is UNESCO World Heritage Site. The orange poles on top of the hills carris UNESCO cairn. Just got off the track before sunset at about 11pm.Read more

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 25, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    8/25 Dinner and fish. Very lucky to get these Greenlandic halibut from fisherman's boat. The other one I guess it was red snapper? Total about 15+ kg.

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 26, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    8/26 Hiking the Blue Trail today. 6.9 km took us about 6 hours with a 6 yr old. One side of the trail is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The trail started with an easy decked path for about 1 km. Both of the trail head and tail were surrounded by the dog park. Greenlandic sledge dogs were chained here for the whole summer. The breed is half wolf half dog so they howl most of the time. It's prohibited to approach and pat the dog. They could break loose the chain and attack people. There are thousands of such dog in this area. After the hike, we had the best sashimi ever, with noodle soup made with fish bone and head. Then we had second round of dinner an hour later for seared Halibut fillet. Yum.....Read more

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 27, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    8/27 Raining. Everything is foggy so we decided to walk around the town and check out their museums and shops. Ilulissat museum was informative about the history, the people, the dogs, and some art work. The arts museum is smaller that has mostly local artists' work. After couple hours of walking in the rain and brainstorming the town, we chose HongKong Cafe as THE restaurant to try. Boy how disappointing we were. We end up getting 4 bowl of Ramon noodles costing about $8 each. So, we had to make it up at dinner time. Atlantic Redfish was the main dish. Battered with bread crumb and fry it to crispy. Still so tender and juicy inside. A house with no TV, no clock and no WIFI, we had a great time playing poke and sharing jokes.Read more

  • ... in Ilulissat

    August 28, 2016 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    8/28 Private boat rental through IceCap in the afternoon. Breath taking scenes and a lot of close up play with two humpback whales. Dinner with grilled halibut, corn cream soap, chicken wings, and tomato stir fry egg. Can never tired of delicious halibut.Read more

  • Copenhargen, Denmark

    August 29, 2016 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    8/29 Left Ilulissat in the morning at 10. Takuss,Kalaallit Nunaat, Utopia of my dream. Ice from the iceberg might be hundreds of years....it sizzles..The mid night boat tour was completely booked we so just took some early morning pictures.Read more

  • ... in København

    August 30, 2016 in Denmark ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    8/30 H 69F Low 53F, Sunny. Rosenborg Castle, Botanical Garden, Ny Carlsberg Glptotek Musem, Tivoli Garden in the evening and shopping.

  • Trip end
    September 3, 2016