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Category: Norway June 2019

Friday 21st June – Leaving the best ‘till last

June 21, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

When we were planning this trip we were a little worried that we may have given ourselves a day too

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Thursday 20th June – Return to Bygdoy

June 20, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today we decided to use the hop on hop off bus to have a look at Oslo from the road

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Wednesday 19th June – Full Circle back to Oslo

June 19, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

We set the alarm a bit earlier today as our train to Oslo left at 8.15.:Chris was having one of

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Tuesday 18th June – Folk Museum and Alleyways

June 18, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today we set off for the Trondheim Folk Museum which is a few miles outside of the city centre. It

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Monday 17th June – Return to Trondheim

June 17, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

We had a really early start as the boat docked at 6:30 but they started getting ready for coming into

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Sunday 16the June – Back into the land of day and night

June 16, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

At breakfast today we were rewarded by the sight of a pod of pilot whales who decided to swim alongside

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Saturday 15th June – sights, seagulls and sea eagles

June 15, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

This morning is all about the scenery and at one point we passed the island of Andoya which is said

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Friday 14th June – Mehamn to Tromsø

June 14, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today we start to visit some of the towns that we only called at in the middle of the night

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Thursday 13th June – Kirkenes about turn!

June 13, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Last nights trip around the top of Norway sorted out the men from the boys as we were in open

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Wednesday 12th June – The North Cape

June 12, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today we reach the highest latitude of the trip although this isn’t where we turn round. We are at 71

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Tuesday 11th June – To Tromsø the Artic Capital and beyond

June 11, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Around midnight last night we entered the Troll Fjord which is a 2km Fjord that is very narrow, we didn’t

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Monday 10th June – into the Artic circle

June 10, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

We didn’t stay up last night and the weather seems to have changed from the sunshine yesterday. There was a

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Sunday 9th June – Trondheim and beyond

June 9, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

The last couple of late nights have obviously taken their toll on us as we didn’t stir until the alarm

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Saturday 8th June – Our first full day at sea

June 8, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Yesterday was probably the nicest day of the trip and as a result we had a clear night which meant

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Friday 7th June – Farewell to Bergen

June 7, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today was our last day in Bergen as we join the cruise tonight so after breakfast we packed up then

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Thursday 6th June – Back in Bergen

June 6, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

When we woke up this morning all the mist of yesterday had disappeared and it looked set to be a

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Wednesday 5th June – Sognefjord in a Nutshell

June 5, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Today we had an early start as we organised a trip for ourselves. We started on the ferry service from

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Tuesday 4th June – Exploring Bergen

June 4, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

After breakfast this morning we set off for Tourist information to see if they had a walking route around the

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Monday 3rd June – From Oslo To Bergen

June 3, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

After breakfast this morning we went for a final walk along the front and round to the supermarket to buy

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Sunday 2nd June – Around Oslo

June 2, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

Luckily the weather forecast was right and it was nice and sunny this morning so we set off for our

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Saturday 1st June – The Bygdoy area

June 1, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019

The weather forecast for today was for rain until mid-late afternoon and unfortunately it was correct so after a quick

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Friday 31st May – To Oslo

May 31, 2019 Xanthe Norway June 2019, Uncategorized

We had a really relaxed start to the day as we weren’t picked up until 10:00, that plus a really

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