Monthly Archives: November 2017
Ilze was deLIGHTED.
Tues 21/11/2017 Tromso to Hammerfest. Sunrise 10.07am. Sunset 12.55pm. (Yes. 12.55pm) -8C. Last night all of Ilze’s wishes for this trip came to fruition. Our first sighting came at 7.25pm, the announcement came during the last course of our dinner, the stampede from half eaten chocolate moose (don’t you hate predictive text) led us out […]
FROM BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
Monday 20/11/2017 Trondheim to Bodo. Sunrise 9.28am, Sunset 2.10pm. -7C We crossed the Arctic Circle at 7.10 this morning, and were greeted by snow capped mountains as the sun rose, which grew more and more snow capped. Just after lunch there was snow right down to the waterline. Going on deck for those wonderful photographs is a […]
Sprinting in Trondeheim.
Sunday 19/11/17′ Trondheim to Rovik. Sunrise 9.15am. Sunset 2.30pm. Temp. -7C. After competing in the Schiphol Airport event last week, todays was going to be easier. We were supposed to arrive in Amsterdam from Venice with an hour and a half to wait. Italian bureaucracy meant our plane’s departure was delayed. KLM had sent a […]
Whilst waiting for daylight.
Saturday 18th November somewhere between Floro and Molde. Sunrise 8.49am. Sunset 4.05pm. Not much time to take photos. White peaks beginning to appear on the mountain tops. Scenery becoming more spectacular. Postcard pretty villages clinging to rock faces, lighthouses everywhere so that ships aren’t caught unawares. Very rugged coastline. So beautiful. We had some rough […]
Not the Myer Xmas windows.
After packing up our comfortable loft room in the Augustine Hotel in Bergen, we had time for a quick walk around to admire the shop windows before our ship sails. The MV Nordenorge sails at 10.30pm for all ports to the north and we cross the Arctic Circle in about four days time. We dined […]
BERGEN. TAKE FIVE.
Our plans for today in Bergen included doing the laundry, so whilst Ilze supervised I assisted ably by leaving her to it to go and take some more photos. Ilze had been disappointed in some she took yesterday so we changed the camera settings and last night, on the way to dinner, we took some more. We […]
BEAUTIFUL BERGEN
Arrived safely after nearly missing our Amsterdam/Bergen connection due to delays at Venice airport. It was just after midnight, we were both tired and cranky so just showered put jamies on and fell into bed. Our hotel (the Augustin) is wonderful, situated just a block back from the waterfront. We were upgraded to a “junior […]
Two reasons.
The are two reasons why you should take your wife out to dinner in a posh Venetian restaurant just past the Ponte Sosspiro in San Marco. Firstly, late in the evening when you walk home and the tourists have all gone, the storm has abated and the view and the sights are beyond description. So […]
The day of dead umbrellas
What do you do when you wake up to pouring rain and wind blowing a gale? You put on your weatherproof clothing and go exploring of course. Pete had a bright idea, why don’t we go to Burano and Murano? Why not. Grab the cameras, bus tickets and some cash, and head for Fondamente Nuove […]
JET LAG IS A WONDERFUL THING.
Any Venetian who rose early this morning was treated (used advisedly) to the sight of Pete scurrying around the canals and calles of Carnaregio in his pyjamas. Woken early and out the front looking for that hardest of Venetian things to discover (four bars on your phone), I found another glory of Venice. A crisp […]
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