This morning, we had our guided walk of the boardwalk to the icebergs that we did on our own yesterday. so this time we learned about the history of what we saw yesterday. Our guide told us about all of the waves of Inuk people that came to Greenland thousands of years ago. Of course, I don’t remember the details, and they would just bore you anyway.All I remember is that there are no written records and that they have never found a burial ground. We saw the icebergs again and took more pictures. Lots more pictures. I think they looked completely different from the day before, but they looked pretty much the same in my photos. I guess you had to be there. 

After the hike, we were looking at the map of the other trails. The red trail looked fairly easy because we saw people walking on it. it was also the shortest of the trails. It said it was only one kilometer, so less than a mile. We decided it was within our hiking skills and abilities, so we stayed to walk that hike. And of course, as you would expect, within about two minutes, I stepped in a big sloshy, marshy pit of water-logged grass and soaked my tennis shoe. I had thought about wearing my boots, but didn’t think that would be necessary because we were walking on an easy boardwalk–that we had walked on yesterday with no problems while wearing tennis shoes. I told my sister we needed to go back to the hotel to change shoes and socks. She is so mean! She said that I would have to go back by myself because she was doing the hike. Of course, within another minute, her shoe was wet, too. Ha ha.

It was only a kilometer, so we stuck it out. With squishy socks and shoes. I just kept stepping in water. It was unavoidable. It would have been the perfect day to where my hiking boots. At least I was wearing high-quality socks–no blisters!

Once again, when we got to the end of the trail, there were icebergs and mosquitoes. It was a nice view that made up for the squishy shoes. So my advice to you is, wear your boots! Even if you think you are going to be walking only on a wooden boardwalk because you may end up walking a bonus, one kilometer trail and getting your feet wet.

Second verse, same as the first. I’m Henry the 8th I am…. What are the rest of the words? My father would be so appalled that I have forgotten the lyrics.

So, after our “rigorous” hike through mud and slushy mosquito infested lands, we were in desperate need of sustenance. Local delicacies were in order! We decided to go for Musk ox burgers! So odd, that you can get a hamburger and call it a local delicacy because it is musk ox and not beef. I mean, it came with French fries and a drink. That’s the full meal deal!

My take on musk ox– I liked it. The hamburger patty was a little looser and more crumbly than an American burger, but that could be how they process their meat. The flavor was good. Not too gamey. Just an unusual hamburger flavor. And a bit greasy. Of course, the thousand island dressing was a nice use of condiments.

Then we were off to the sauna! Yes, we went hiking with our bathing suits and flip flops in our bags–this we knew to prepare for, unlike the mud. We booked a sauna because I had seen a photo on Instagram– a sauna with a view. And it looked magical! Of course, it would be even more magical if I understood saunas. The room was heated to a toasty 82 degrees. They use Celsius over here. So, that is hotter than hot. It is like 150 Fahrenheit. My body was not made for that kind of heat! And, there is this bucket of water you can mix with essential oils and pour over the hot coals. You know what that does? It makes it hotter! Yikes! But, if it gets too hot, there is a tank of ice cold water outside to dunk your clammy, sweaty body in. So, then, your body is burning up, but your toes are so cold that they might just fall off from frostbite. Surprisingly, the 50 degree air outside was quite comfortable, even in a wet suit! So, we went back and forth, back and forth. For an hour. We tried to get some good pics, but no one looks good in 150 degrees–you get all flushed. It was quite the experience! And you are just a silhouette if you take a picture in front of the window and breathtaking view.

Remember those wet shoes and socks? We put them in the sauna! Genius! By the time we left, our socks and tennisshoes were no longer sloshy–just damp! Which turned out to be a good thing because we couldn’t find a taxi when we left the sauna and wound up walking all over town trying to find one. There was no one at the sauna to call a taxi for us when we were done. We were there all alone. We really wanted to splurge on a taxi instead of taking the City Bus, or worse yet, walking. Unfortunately, we had to walk a bit to get to the taxi stand. It was the busy time of day, so even at the taxi stand, we could not manage to hail a taxi, and a nice Greenlandic man was showing us how to call for a taxi when one pulled up. I was so relieved to hop into the back of that ooverpriced conveyance for my 4 minute ride back to the hotel.

After the day’s many adventures, there was no way I was leaving the hotel again that night. I just didn’t have it in me. We decided to eat in the hotel. Talk about expensive. Every dish was some type of fish or seafood except one–the Arctic burger.

What is the Arctic Burger you ask? It’s a burger made of a blend of musk ox, reindeer, and lamb. It was significantly more expensive than our musk ox lunch burger at 265 kroner which currently equates to $41 because the value of the dollar sucks right now and just keeps getting worse. When I was researching where to eat on this trip about 2 months ago, 265 kroner was about $37. I digress, this burger tasted less like a regular Angus Beef burger than the plain musk ox did. I think it just had a lot more lamb in it than it did musk ox and reindeer. Or maybe the reindeer just has a very strong flavor. It was OK, but not as good as the musk ox. I’d rate it 3.5 stars on a 5 star scale.

And there you have Day 3 in Greenland!

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