Two shy, charming girls about age 8 approached me with delightful smiles—one holding some flowers. I motioned to them that I would like to take their photo, and their smiles grew even broader. They didn’t appear to speak English, so I wordlessly gave them each a chocolate candy bar before waving goodbye as they scampered off to join nearby friends.
Native girls greet passengers from a cruise ship in Nanortalik, Greenland. (Photo courtesy of Sharon Whitley Larsen)
I was on a Viking Star shore excursion in tiny Nanortalik, the most southern town in Greenland, population 1,100. My husband, Carl, and I had signed up for a 90-minute walking tour on a crisp, sunny August day—temperature 45 F. Our group of some two dozen was led by a proud native of the area and recent college grad. I was in awe of the bright green, red, yellow, orange and blue modest wood houses set against the gorgeous scenery, so I lagged behind the group taking photos….