Category: Norway and The Northern Lights

Today, we arrived in Flåm. That’s Flam with a little circle sat at the top of the apex on a capital ‘A’, which I’m almost certain tells the reader how it should be pronounced. As far as I know, it’s ‘a’ as in pan, or can. Once again, we found ourselves anchored at the head of a steeply-sided fjord, looking...

Today` we arrived in Eidfjord, in Norway, and what a truly fantastic place it is. Tracey and I have been here before, but neither of us remember it, at least not as we found it today. On our previous visit, we were on tour escorting duty to see a dam in the high mountains and a waterfall. Today, we were...

Today, we have been sailing the North Sea. It’s been rough enough to upset a few people, close a few staircases and bring out the sickbag fairy from hibernation, but nothing as serious as we’ve seen on other occasions. I was worried it might affect the turnout for my class, but I’m pleased to say that the room was full...

Today, we arrived in IJmuiden, with two leading capital letters and not a great deal else going for it. Breakfast in the Lotus Grill was a little frantic. Although we’ve been impressed by the spaciousness of the ship and its general layout, the cafe area appears to become quite chaotic when there are lots of people all trying to get...

Today, we began a new adventure. We left home at around 10:30am and headed south, towards Tilbury in London, where we arrived at around 3:45pm. It was a generally uneventful journey; the roads weren’t too busy considering it was a Tuesday (we just made one minor course adjustment when we came to the A14, for Cambridge and the M11, to...