Amsterdam - Me Jenny loved that it was compact and quaint. I love the buildings and the history and the canals. Iceland - the scenery was simply spectacular and we imagine it would have only been more fabulous had we had more than 8 hours of sun in the whole week. Finland - Me J wasn't... Continue Reading →
Norge, takk for solen
What a lovely day! The sun was shining on our last day in Oslo - phew! We headed back to the palace garden to make the most of the unseasonal sunshine and came across this lovely statue (below). The only plaque on the rock is that of a crown and the letter "S" - S... Continue Reading →
Wine-ing about the rain
When we were planning this trip Oslo had a question mark next to it because we had been there before and we were trying to stay out of the big cities... but then, after a bit of conversation about what we saw the last time we were in Oslo, we started doubting ourselves because we... Continue Reading →
Flam Railway
Today we are full of excitement because we're on the Flam Railway train heading over what is absolutely up there in the list of beautiful scenic places. INFO from the http://www.visitflam.com website: In the span of a brief hour, the train takes you from sea level at the Sognefjord in Flåm to the Myrdal mountain station... Continue Reading →
Layer upon layer upon layer
This morning was one of the coldest October days since the woman at the Fjord Safari counter could remember and we were booked on the Fjord Safari tour..... which is this fast, open boat that scoots up and down the fjords. We thought we'd be ok with what we had on, but no...... I was... Continue Reading →
Flam
Up at the crack this morning to get to the train station - today we're getting the train to the bus, the bus to the boat, and then the boat to the end of the fjord - Flam. It was a lovely crisp morning in Bergen, we got on the train with about a billion... Continue Reading →
Toy Town
BLUE SKIES!!!!!! Horray and lashings of ginger beer! Today, we walked in a different direction down by the water. There was a little enclave of houses that were perhaps originally built for the fishermen or the wharf workers? Not sure, but they're as cute as a button...... Then you turn your head across the street... Continue Reading →
A Little Town Called Bergen
It's been a few days since the last post. We've had a few quiet days and if I'm honest... I just wasn't feeling it, but I'm back on the horse, so to speak, and ready to give you another dose of life in Norway. So..... we finally got off that boat when we landed in... Continue Reading →
Thor
So who is the Norsk god of weather? Is it Thor? Chris Hemsworth...... I'd like to have a word........ Don't look so confused Chris..... We know you're responsible for this ⬇ Fix it please. Thanks buddy. We knew you wouldn't let us down.
People
I feel I need to address an issue that we've encountered on nearly every trip we've done - especially on cruise ships, but more particularly at the buffet.... any buffet.... all the buffets. People who are probably kind and friendly and patient people in their own countries, towns and homes become fearful, rude, hungry and... Continue Reading →
The Lofoton Islands
So the wind picked up and helped us across a bit of open water to the Lofoton Islands - the bit that sticks out - just above the Arctic Circle... We pulled into the capital - Svolvaer at about 6.30pm and jumped off for a look around. Now let me just describe how cold it... Continue Reading →
Nothing but blue skies
We had a spectacular day today with nothing but blue skies, sailing in and our of little ports, up and down fjords, taking in some beautiful scenery. It's cold enough up here to either still have snow from last winter or perhaps it is starting to get this winter under way a bit earlier than... Continue Reading →
Hurtigruten – Trollsfjord
The Hurtigruten acts as a cruise liner, a passenger and car ferry as well as a transporter of goods. Here's our ship - the Trollsfjord arriving into Kirkenes to pick us up. For those of you who have been following along on this journey, you'll know that we haven't had a huge amount of luck... Continue Reading →
I’m on the top of the world
Today we said farewell to Finland and as pretty she was, she didn't offer much in the way of the Northern Lights..... so we jumped into a mini bus with absolutely no suspension and bounced our way across the border to Norway. It was about a 3 hour drive from Inari and at about the... Continue Reading →
In Search of the Northern Lights
For years now Me Jenny has banged on about wanting to see the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis, the Merry Dancers, the Polar Lights, you know, when the magnetosphere is sufficiently disturbed by the solar wind - (thank you Wikipedia) So earlier this year.... as we were planning where we'd like to go - north was always going... Continue Reading →