I also saw the magical Northern lights – check out my photos of them here: Northern Lights
“The start of my sabbatical – 7 day cruise in Norway from Bergen to Kirkenes, retracing part of the same route as taken by my grandparents thirty years ago.”
From Norway 2009. Posted by Andy Males on 2/10/2009 (231 items)
- Day 0. Trying on my new gear ready for Norway whilst pretending to pack. Hat is so aw…
- Staying overnight at Yotel, Heathrow. Pretty funky place.
- Japanese-style pod rooms. Free wi-fi. (laptop not included)
- It aint big. The doors, to the right, and I took this on the bed.
- Day 1. Flying to Bergen to get on the ship. Over Denmark- very flat and snowy as you…
- Over Norway – starts off very rocky. Reminded me of chocolate pudding and cream!
- On the way to the ship terminal in Bergen.
- Day 2. Alesund. The day started off quite overcast, and then had blue skies and brigh…
- Clearing snow on the quayside.
- Pretty little town. After a firein 1904 that destroyed hundreds of homes, it was desg…
- This is a school.
- Our Norwegain guide who took us through a walk of Alesund, giving us the history of t…
- Hotel. Didn’t have time to walk up there.
- Drivers cope with all the slush by just putting their foot down and getting on with i…
- Alesund’s houses had lots of nice, interesting detail and the odd shadow.
- An owl for Mum.
- Loved this clear reflection.
- Take a seat…
- I like this one, with the couple holding hands walking down.
- One of the world’s thinnest houses.
- Wouldn’t have looked half as good with grey skies.
- One for Dad.
- Life was tough for the young workers handling the fish all day.
- Statue of boy on ship looking out to sea.
- This was a museum we popped in to. I like this sort of spiral staircase shot.
- Two swans appeared by the road, high up above the river!
- Me and my ship.
- I loved Alesund so much I just had to ask some random person to take a photo of me.
- Now you see it…
- …now you don’t!
- Kristiansund – a small town we briefly stopped off at. I took this kneeling in two fo…
- From my porthole just before going to bed. I saw the moon and tried to capture the fa…
- Day 3. Did a guided coach tour of Trondheim. Not sure if it was worth the money, but …
- Pardon me pretty Fraulein, take my photo, ya? Danke.
- We got taken up a hill to view the city below.
- Reminded me of Notre Dame
- Catherdral had loads of detail.
- A modern sculpture of a viking ship. Apparently.
- The weather started coming in just before we boarded.
- Monk island.
- Pretty little fjord.
- I’m just popping to the neighbours foir five minutes. See you in a few hours…
- Norway has quite a few wind farms, it seems.
- Stupid, stupid lighthouse!! We waited to see this out on deck for a long time whilst …
- Day 4: St. Valentine’s Day. Ornes and Bodo. Start of one of the best days of my life!…
- Attractive town under the montains, early morning.
- Great town – I just had my camera and went walkabouts without a clue where I was goin…
- My deep footprints.
- Spare any fish, guv?
- Ugly cathedral.
- Didin’t have a clue where I was going.
- Hold it there…now freeze!
- There was one girl who screamed all the way down.
- Untounched snow + crazy streak = snow angel!
- I can’t convey how special this moment was – the mountain on the left just appeared o…
- Looked like something out of Lord of the Rings.
- Andy to random Norwegian local: "Photo, mountain, my boat…"
- For you, Dad.
- Waited a while for this shot of long shadows.
- Excuse-moi – je voudrais une photo. s’il vous plaît?
- Plenty of time to reflect on a cruise.
- Traditional ceremony conducted by King Neptune to commemorate the crossing of the Arc…
- Svolvaer’s Magic Ice museum. About £8 to get in and look at some frozen water.
- Lovely.
- My Valentine’s Day date was a bit cold towards me. I managed to break the ice eventua…
- Sea eagles.
- This is where the scenery and light got crazy and photo opportunities were everywhere…
- Starlight, star bright, the first star I see tonight…
- The Lofoten Islands are in the background. A ship came past as the sun set and a Norw…
- Day 5: Dog sledging in Tromso. Sunrise in my cabin.
- Cool toast-rack cathedral in Tromso.
- I snapped up the warm outfit offered to us!
- Cute English girl served us coffee and choccy cake. Should have got her number!
- Too much smoke makes them a little husky.
- I’m more of a cat man, myself.
- Hope he’s not due to pull me.
- The top dog, alpha male.
- More shadow fun.
- Mush! Mush!
- It was fun watching the vehicles in the snow, so opened up the shutter for this one.
- Day 6 North Cape Sunrise – I forced myself to get up early to get some good shots of…
- I had to wait for the right angles for these next few, but was well chuffed when they…
- No trees, just snow.
- Had to wait for the snow plough to continue on.
- You can tell which one is me via the camera bag on my hip!
- North Cape in the background. Hold on, I’ll zoom in a little…
- Extreme North!
- Perfect weatherfor some dream photos.
- Top of the world!
- That’s the money shot! Many thanks to random guy who got the shot I wanted at this po…
- Sneaked in a shadow here.
- King crabs.
- My shadow always seem to follow me around.
- It was below freezing but wasn’t freezing below! Took me several days to pluck up the…
- Day 7 Last day in Kirkenes. Minus 21 degrees!!!
- And now a few of the ship…
- King Neptune welcomes us into the Arctic Circle…
- …by pouring ice cubes down our necks!
- Our route
- Jacuzzi.
- Model boat for Dad.
- Misty sea.
- Olso airport. Very snowy!
- Class.
- Ah, welcome back home to Heathrow. Don’t you just love this country?
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