Life and Travels, but mostly Travel!
After lunch we arrived in Bodo. We had booked ourselves onto a coastal walk. How could we not? We love the beach and couldn't pass on the chance to walk this rugged coastline as well as learn about some of the local culture. Bodo as a town isn't as pretty as the others, however it... Continue Reading →
We set our alarms to make sure we were up on deck for the moment we crossed into the Arctic Circle. It was precisely 7:23:25am and still dark outside. 7:20am pre sunrise, just before crossing the 66 deg parallel.The reason we can be so sure is that there was a competition to guess the time... Continue Reading →
Sitting on the Panorama deck with our fellow passengers, enjoying the passing landscape and dim lighting. It's a sedate crowd of predominately English and German senior citizens. Dotted around the lounge are small tables upon which our fellow travellers have placed their binoculars, books, knitting and coffee/tea cups. Enter Dawn and Andy with our cheeky... Continue Reading →
On the ship is an Expedition Team. During our voyage the team run various information sessions and lectures about the geography and history of the areas we are travelling through as well as lead hikes on the shore stops. During our time on board they schedule information sessions about points of interest as we pass... Continue Reading →
At 3am we were woken up by noises about the ship. Andy also saw one of the RIB boats being lowered off the ship to the water, straight passed out window. There was some excitement going on outside so I turned over and dosed off and let Andy investigate. It turns out the MS Nordlys... Continue Reading →
For this post I'll just focus on the shore excursion today. First, to the Shieling in Urke and second a walk through the streets of Alesund. For some of the other information and experiences, please go the the website and take a look at the 'Snippet' Series of Posts. If you select 'follow' on the... Continue Reading →
Here are a few more snippets of information and some random pictures that we have collected on our trip. Doors open outwards. In our hotel, in bathrooms within cafes, the doors all open towards you rather than into the room. Speaking of bathrooms, the Australian building code would not allow as they do here, the... Continue Reading →
Dag being 'day' in Norweigan. Day one of course started in our hotel and we had until 1pm before we could check in, 4pm before we could board, 6pm before our room on the ship would be ready and 8pm before we sail. It was a bit to get our head around. The upshot was... Continue Reading →
Here’s a few things that haven’t made it to a blog, but we found interesting: Around Oslo we saw lots of pre-school age kids out on excursions around the city. The all wore Fluro vests and carried oversized back packs and followed their teachers around like little ducklings. We noticed a higher proportion of male... Continue Reading →
Brilliant both literally because the sun was shining - rather than its reputation as a wet/overcast climate - and also because it really is a wonderful place. Being a Sunday we did miss out on a few places that we had hoped to visit. However, this forced us to look into places we wouldn't have... Continue Reading →
Where the Sun Rises 