Well we’re now passed north into the Arctic Circle for the days of 24 hour sunlight – at least I think so but the grey cloud covers the sun in a dance of seven veils. However this is a very chaste dance and we haven’t got past the 3rd or 4th veil.
Bodo was a very grey town today, so I feel the need to add some colour.
On the plus side it looks as if the remaining veils are coming off as we head to the Lofoten Isles…..
Apparently the Catheral is one of the must see places in Tronheim. Lucky it was closed to the general public thus relieving me of the onerous tourist obligation of doing the Catheral, churches and Musem thing, and so freeing up time for cafes, et al.
However even Cafes seemed to be otherwise occupied
And media were everywhere
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Now onboard the Ms Lofoten, a 62 year old coastal boat with my bike safely stowed -although it is taking the notion of a shipboard romance a bit too far by cuddling up with another bicycle.
We are cruising thru the Norwegian Fjords. Today we went up the Geiranger fjord – and are now heading back toward Ålesund then continuing on up north.
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There are four rather big Cruise ships in town today, yesterday there where only two. Assuming each one carries about 3000 passengers, not to mention the crews, that’s an extra 12,000 people in the city today.
So I’ve found that the travel guides I used to use are actually very helpful – if they highlight something – go elsewhere. The queue for the Funicular was about 2 hours, yet under 150 metres away there wasn’t a tourist to be seen.
