Fjording

DAY 8

June 24 En Route to California Ruth had awoken at 4:30, and being unable to get back to sleep again, she set off to explore the ship in the early morning light. She said it was fairly deserted, but there were a few other hardy souls out on deck,...

Jun 26, 2018 7 min read

DAY 7

June 23rd At Sea Not Fjording Usually sea days are relaxing. Not so much this one. I decided to go to the Commodore Club for a short time to read, and missed Derek Tedder’s talk on “Trust me, I’m a journalist”. I sat in the Commodore Club musing...

Jun 25, 2018 6 min read

DAY 6

June 22nd Stavanger Yay, fjords again! What better place to be but northern Norway to experience the longest day of the year. We went out on deck in the early hours of the morning, and it was still light. It was magical. I know that this region...

Jun 25, 2018 10 min read

DAY 5

June 21st Flam Finally Fjording in Flam We were awoken this morning by the sun streaming into the cabin for a brief moment before it disappeared behind what seemed to be a mountain outside our cabin. Yay – we were finally in the fjords, and the...

Jun 24, 2018 6 min read

DAY 4

June 20th Not in Alesund It was still light, and the ship continued to rock and roll when I went to bed at 1:30. I was looking forward to a nice night of being rocked in bed, but I fell into a deep slumber, and when I awoke this morning there...

Jun 20, 2018 6 min read

DAY 3

June 19th Bergen Isn’t it good, Norwegian Wood We were awoken at about 4 this morning because the wind was making quite a racket whistling through our balcony door, and the ship had definitely developed a definite rocking motion....

Jun 19, 2018 6 min read

DAY 2

June 18th At Sea We must have both been very tired because when I awoke it was 9:30, and we had had big plans for the morning. It was not to be. Ruth went to an excellent talk by Eric Flounders on the role of the Carpathia in rescuing the...

Jun 19, 2018 4 min read

DAY 1

June17th 2018 The Journey Begins I had to purchase new luggage for the vacation, my old battered suitcase didn’t look like it would survive one more trip. So armed with my brand new suitcase, off we set for the UK. We flew on American Airlines...

Jun 19, 2018 6 min read

ITINERARY

Sunday, June 17 Southampton 4:30 Monday, June 18, At Sea Tuesday, June 19 Bergen 9:00AM to 6:00PM Wednesday, June 20 Alesund 8:00AM to 6:00PM Thursday, June 21 Flam 8:00AM to 5:00PM Friday, June 22 Stavenger 9:00AM to 5:00PM Saturday June 23 At...

Jun 18, 2018 1 min read

PROLOGUE

Anthony Bourdain encouraged us to visit new places, meet new people and try new foods. I did this with Japan earlier this year, loved the place, loved the people, but found the food to be a bit of a challenge. It’s not that I don’t like fish....

Jun 18, 2018 2 min read