Category: Norway and The Northern Lights

Today we arrived in Bergen, after one wild rollercoaster ride of a night. ‘Interesting'(yesterday’s blog post) turned out to be a bit of an understatement. From about 11pm onwards, the rocking and rolling steadily increased, and by the time we went to bed, it was clear that the Captain’s forecast was accurate. There were times when I swear I felt...

Having spent a relaxing, and peaceful night in Andalsnes (no rocking and rolling), no engine sounds… lovely), we awoke with a plan that had been hatched ever since we knew we would be returning here; eat breakfast, don thermals and heavy-duty hiking gear, and go climb a mountain. The base of the mountain in question was a short, 10 minutes...

There’s not a great deal to say about today. With the cancellation of Trondheim, I was given extra classes; what we would have done on Sunday (Bryggen, Line and Wash) was brought forward to today. The going has stayed a little rough; not quite as rough as we’ve experienced on the Marco Polo, but still enough to upset a few...

Today was a sea-day, as we headed towards our next destination, Tronheim. The sea was rough and I had classes, which pretty much sums up the day. That is except for one significant thing… Early evening, the Captain announced that due to adverse sea conditions, our stop at Tronheim has been cancelled, and that we will now be heading straight...

Today, we arrived in Tromso. The skies were clear and the sun, although very low in the sky (it doesn’t get very high in these parts at this time of year), was shining on the distant, surrounding hills. The view down the fjord was quite stunning… Neither Tracey nor myself could remember what we did in Tromso the last time...