THIS Shocked me in Iceland! Norwegian Prima: 11 Day Solo Cruise
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Welcome to Iceland! Akureyri is the most northernly place I have ever been and it is worth putting up with the cold weather to see this beautiful country! Iceland is one of my favorite countries and crossing the Arctic Circle and seeing the midnight sun are amazing experiences! Enjoy!
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So beautiful!!! I think I must visit Iceland! Love the fairytale garden. The homeowner is so kind to open his garden to the public. The houses are beautiful. I think the best experience is taking a leisurely stroll in a residential area, taking in the houses and visiting local shops (yes, including supermarkets!). You don’t really need excursions which likely go mainly to ‘touristy’ places- at least that’s my assumption, not having gone on a cruise before! It’s a great idea to spend more time in Iceland and drive around. I definitely look forward to your videos on that 😂. It does look like Iceland is an expensive place to live in but wow the views alone are so worth it!
Btw, I vote the Mickey Mouse outfit as the best outfit for your 11 days on the cruise!🤣
Wow! Thank you, Lim! Iceland should definitely be on your travel list 😊 I agree about seeing residential areas, I love seeing ‘normal places’ and not just the tourist hotspots. I’m always interested in the local supermarkets wherever I visit 😂 maybe not as exciting as the waterfall but still interesting! Driving the Iceland ring road is definitely on my bucket list! Iceland is very expensive but the scenery is like another planet! HAHA when I saw the Disney art in the gallery, I knew I had the right shirt for that night! 😂
When i went to Reykjavik i was walking in the main st minding my own business and ending up walking past Bjork the singer going shopping. Beautiful country!!!
That’s lucky, Des! I agree, beautiful country! 😊
Ahhhh...my favorite world traveler taking us to an Islandic market. That was fun and interesting. That town was just beautiful. Whales and daylight almost 24hours! I would stay awake as long as I could. Thanks Ben for another awesome adventure!
Thanks for coming to the supermarket, Fredwina 😂 the 24 hour daylight is a strange feeling! But fascinating! 😁
One of my favorite things to do in a new country is to go to supermarkets! I love to see all the different products that aren’t available in the US, so thank you Ben for taking us into an Icelandic market! Interesting about the lady with the Service dog, but not surprised because Icelandic regulations bar all dog imports (and horses and sheep).
I agree, Annie! I like seeing the different stuff they have in there and the prices. It’s strange to think that some people go to that supermarket every week and I’ll go one time in my life 😂 thank you for watching!
I love seeing supermarkets and taking the local buses/trains when i travel. That’s how you see what the local life looks like
I totally agree! Real life experiences 😊
@@TravelWithBen121 I was on the NCL Encore and some decks were very obviously filled with cigarette smoke. I remember you said the same thing about another NCL ship. Was it the Getaway? Is the Prima the same? I love their food onboard and was thinking of going on the Jewel but wondered if a lot of their ships are like that?
@@TravelWithBen121 I was to work onboard as well and I always miss Publix in Fort Lauderdale.
@@goldenblooms6672 hmm I do remember the smoking area on the Getaway is on the pool deck so it always smelt of smoke! Food is always great! I’ll never understand anyone that complains about food on any ship 😂
So, finally you saw Moby Dick ! " And the great oceans roll as the rolled 5,000 years ago !"
Whale watching at the midnight sun was great! 😊
@@TravelWithBen121 Did you manage to get a boat and stand there with spear in hand screaming " I am here, Lord !"
I enjoy just listening to your viewpoint on things. Interesting to learn you’re a teacher.
I think I should start another UA-cam channel just talking about stuff 😂 Yes! I love being a teacher 😊 thank you, Gerri!
Loved every minute of it! Thanks for taking us along!
Thank you for joining, Sue! 😊
Enjoyed your video as usual. There is another solo cruiser whose videos I watch and she is on the same cruise, but going in the opposite direction. Your ports intersected this weekend in your videos. Interesting to see your two different perspectives of the same port.
Thank you, Pam! Do you mean Meredith? 😊 I watch her videos too! Very interesting to see her perspective on the same ports! She was actually on the cruise before mine, she disembarked the same day I embarked!
@@TravelWithBen121 Yes it’s Meredith. Interesting, I was wondering the time distance between your two cruises. You both seem like such nice people.
Very nice. The air looks so clean. I bet it smells wonderful there. That cheesecake looked scrumptious.
@@carolleiter6027 you’re right, Carol! I still think about this cheesecake 😂
oh my goodness, this cruise checks a lot of the bucket list items. Cheering you on as you add more personal bests like - furthest most northern point on the planet to your list.
It’s definitely a bucket list cruise! Thank you! 😊
No McDonalds, but I learned today that they have a Costco! As I have mentioned before, I’ve almost missed my cruise ship when I venture out to check out the Costco in ports outside the U.S.
Very interesting, Sheri! I don’t remember seeing a Costco but the reason there’s not more ‘chain restaurants’ is because it’s not convenient to send supplies to Iceland because of the location!
What a beautiful place! Makes me homesick for Alaska where we lived in the wilderness for many years there. All the daylight of summer was my favorite part of living there. Thanks for bringing all those memories to mind.
Thank you, Pamela! I will make it to Alaska one day 😊
Thank you great video
Thanks, Seb 😊
Loved loved loved all of your travels today. What a beautiful place, I love cold weather too. Enjoy the rest of your cruise.
Then you would love Iceland, Akemi 😂 thank you for watching!
So much fun to see your videos! 😊 Always visiting Supermarkets when being abroad to see prices and what stock they have. Looking forward to hear what you payed for the trip with Prima. 🎉
Thank you, Elisabeth! I'm always interested in the supermarkets too HAHA! Price reveal in the next video :)
Really enjoying your podcast Ben.
Going on the Prima next year to Iceland,Your videos are really going to help
Thank you for watching, Lorna! You will love the Prima, it’s great! And the itinerary is amazing 🤩 enjoy your cruise!
I’m booked on this cruise for 2025, thanks for the tips! Yes I heard about the impending cruise ship ban also, so that’s why I booked the trip. They just don’t want the huge cruise ships anymore. So in the future you’d have to fly to Norway and use a smaller, non polluting vessel to tour the fjords from what I understand
Enjoy the cruise! I had an amazing time 😊 it’s a shame about the cruise ship ban but it’s understandable!
Enjoyed watching this made me feel I was there! My career was teaching high school Science so I especially like seeing nature in all its glory. Thanks for posting these for us all.
A fellow teacher! Thank you Charles, nature is amazing!
This was my favorite port in Iceland last year on the Prima. I did the same as you and walked everywhere. I heard that the botanical garden was the furthest north in the world. I was there in July and it was full of flowers. Thanks again for your video.
Great, Thomas! It’s a very interesting place 😊 sounds like I was a little too early for the botanical garden!
I loved my trip to Iceland on Prima in May, another wonderful video today. I’m an English teacher too, living in Hawaii so I have Asian students. See you on the next video.
Cheers, John! Next video is an interesting one 😊
Great video! Loved the grocery store content
HAHA I’m glad to hear it, Greg! 😂
I saw the midnight sun in Alaska several years ago. At first it seemed weird, then it became the new normal. When I got home and it was dark at night it freaked me out a little. 🤣🤣🤣
Midnight sun is fascinating, Daniel!
Very nice visit to Iceland. I like how uncrowded it appears to be. It looks beautiful. Everyone that has visited Iceland, always tells me how expensive it is there. I use to live in Alaska. That's another place where its daylight at midnight. I never got use to that.
Very uncrowded! I like to go where there’s no people 😂 the daylight is definitely something that would take getting used to!
Good afternoon, Dan ! I never visited this place before but I used to think the streets are all icy with polar bear roaming nearby ! Actually, it looks like California ! Haha ! The snow-cover mountains look holy and at 12:37 it should not be all bright ! Man, it is enchanting ! Enjoy !
It’s a beautiful place, David! I learned that polar bears are not native to Iceland so you won’t see them 😂
@@TravelWithBen121 Thanks, Ben ! You have broaden my global view !
Another great video, Ben! Thank you for warning us that cruise ships will soon not be able to go to Geiranger anymore. I've already started looking for a cruise that stops there. I've already got a cruise to Central America early next year, so it will be a challenge to fit it in before they stop offering that port. Sadly, I'm not wealthy. Seeing the waterfall would have been great, but the grocery store was a nice Bonus. 😂 That was my attempt at humor for today, but seriously, I do enjoy checking out local stores at ports.
It’s a shame, Matthew! But understandable that they want to protect a beautiful place. HAHA bonus footage from the supermarket 😂
Ben, where (website) do you get your last minute cruise prices? We live in south Florida and can jump on cruises anytime if the price is right. Thanks!
I’ve already made a video about it, Chris 😊 ua-cam.com/video/BTFWp_CjC9A/v-deo.htmlsi=tI96Wqd0IrvQc2w6
I'm thinking about booking this last minute if someone cancels for the 7/14 one (I doubt it). They had an opening yesterday that I should have booked but I chickened out! I'm a solo traveler as well and always go to the solo meets. What was the age group of people in the solo meets and were there a lot? I've seen such a mix at all the solo meets with NCL. I did Pride of America though in January and it was maybe 30s-60s. I still talk to 2 people I met during them and 2 other people I went last summer on the Gem!
I hope you can fine a spot, Glenda! The age group of solos on this cruise was mostly 50-60, a few older and a few 40’s, I was the youngest! There was around 50-60 solo cruisers on this cruise. Solo meetings are a great way to connect with others 😊
@@TravelWithBen121 Thank you! I thought this may have been younger due to the time of year and it being more adventurous but it looks like I'm wrong!
Thanks again. I prefer to travel to cooler places. I am not a fan of really hot weather. Ben have you been to Alaska? 💙
Not yet, Cathy! It’s on my bucket list 😊
@@TravelWithBen121 mine also. Hopefully in 2025.
When you go up there again definitely go to Myvatn. How terrible about the service dog. I think the cruise line should have told her about the quarantine rules. It makes perfect sense iceland would not risk having a dog enter the country.
Thanks for the tip! Yes, I’m not sure who’s to blame regarding the service dog! Thank you for watching 😊
Ben I like the way you show these places in such an unvarnished way. How much did you pay for the cruise?
Cheers, Steve! I try to show real life. I talk about the price in the next video 😊
Ben Video Bingo card:
Free space = speaks Chinese.
Squares: "Someone lives here and sees this view everyday."; "Push on a door."; "it's so cold out!"; outfit-of-the-day shot; shows graffiti; mentions Americans; says "soccer".
What other Squares would Ben have?
All in good fun of course. :)
HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 says “wow” too many times!
How does this thing float?
@@pams6792 🤣🤣 Good one!
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You’re an English teacher and you said “should have WENT to the Caribbean”? Is this correct in British English? “Should have GONE” is correct in American English 😊
Surprisingly, I’m on vacation and not in a classroom. 😂 (you missed a period to end your comment. 👍)
@@TravelWithBen121 I’m on vacation, too! I will borrow your excuse 😁. Your videos are enjoyable.
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