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Norway
Trip to Norway, September - October 2018


Final Full Day, Day 13
The final full day of sailing, so sad that the vacation ends soon. The first and only real stop is at Trondheim. We stopped at this...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 3, 20182 min read


Sea Day, Sandnessjøen, and Brønnøysund, Day 12
Yeah! We were able to sleep in until 8:15 am. Breakfast goes until 10 am, so why get up early if there are no stops this morning. At...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 2, 20182 min read


Lofoten Islands, Day 11
Of course I booked an excursion that starts at 8 am. I wasn't really thinking that we wouldn't be in bed until after 1 am. So there we...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 1, 20183 min read


Midnight Concert at Arctic Catherdral
A little bit before midnight, we went to the Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø for the Midnight Concert. The cathedral was built in 1965 and is...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20181 min read



Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20180 min read


Hammerfest Hike, Day 10
Ugh, again we woke up early and had breakfast. It works out better since most people go down for breakfast at 8 or 8:30. We had a hike...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20182 min read


King Crabs, Day 9
We are on vacation, but we still have to get up early for breakfast and our excursion. It is one of the best days of the cruise,...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 29, 20183 min read


Hunningsvåg, 70 degrees North, Day 8
We arrived first at Hammerfest. It wasn't a long stop, but we woke up and went down to have breakfast. We were going to have an early...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 28, 20183 min read


Tromsø, Day 7
Calm morning and some blue skies. Although we had no excursions planned and could sleep in, we found that the breakfast buffet fills up...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 27, 20182 min read


Trondheim, Day 5
I did see a full moon before we went to bed and I was hoping the next day in Trondheim would be sunny. No, it was overcast and cold. ...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 25, 20183 min read


Hjørundfjord, Day 4
We traveled through the night to our first real stop, Urke. There were other stops during the night but they were for mail and package...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Bergen and Off to the Boat, Day 3
We had purchased a Bergen card the previous day and it was still valid. A Bergen card allows you into a certain number of museums and...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 23, 20182 min read


Bergen, Day 2, the Tower and museums
We were returned from the Fisheries Museum and we walked down to the Rosenkrantz Tower. It was build in 1270, but changed over the years...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Bergen, Day 2, Fisheries Museum
It looked like it was going to be a good weather wise, but we were sadly mistaken. In New England, they say that if you don't like the...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Bergen, Day 1
After a long and exhausting set of flights from Boston, we made it to rainy Bergen. It doesn't rain constantly, only when you put away...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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