So I have a question for you folks. If I keep eating all that smoked fish until the end of the trip, will I never want to eat lox again?

So the ship makes many stops along the way. Some are only for 15 minutes, others longer. Our first long stop was at Alesund. Unfortunately that’s where we had the incident of somebody overboard so we did not get off the ship as planned. our next big stop was Trondheim which is the third largest city in Norway. I love the architecture of the houses. Unfortunately since I was on a bus I really couldn’t get a good picture of them. There is a big university specializing in sciences and the largest hospital in Norway. We took a bus tour of the city getting out at a viewpoint and at a cathedral. The first picture is an island directly across from Trondheim. Over 1000 years ago it was a monastery where the monks made beer. Unfortunately at some point it was converted into a prison that was noted for a lot of torture etc. It is now more of a tourist place.



The next picture is a statue made by the indigenous people of Norway called the Sami. They originally occupied the northern parts of Norway and Sweden. Better known in English as Lapps or Laplanders. They are a semi nomadic reindeer herding people. Currently only 10% of them are still connected to reindeer herding.

The next set of pictures were taken in route. The lighthouse is the oldest one in Norway.



We made a short stop in the town of Ornes which has to be one of the most incredible places I’ve ever been in. Therefore here are a lot of pictures.



When crossing the Arctic Circle, they celebrate by having a traditional Arctic Circle baptism on deck. Who can refuse having ice poured down your back and a glass of schnapps. Especially when the ice was poured down by King Neptune himself.

Our next stop was Bodo which is the gateway to the north. You can also get a ferry across to the Lofoten Islands. This town was completely wiped out during World War II and had to be rebuilt. Therefore there is no old part of town. We just went in for a short walk to look around and I took a few pictures.