Friday our ship docked in Reine in the Lofoten Islands. The islands are off the coast of Norway and are connected together by bridges and ferries. We didn’t get a chance to explore the town of Reine as we had booked a bus tour of two of the islands. After loading up on the bus, we set out for our first destination which was an old church. Along the way our guide told us a lot of information about the…
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As we traveled our way north up the Norwegian coast, we continued to encounter beautiful scenery at every turn. Today we passed a number of significant points of interest before we finally had an opportunity to disembark from the ship in Treina (Træna). When we arrived in Treina, we were ready to get out and move. Our day ended crossing the Arctic Circle and experiencing the midnight sun. The morning began fairly early at about 8:00 when a crowd began…
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We woke up Wednesday morning to find that our ship was docking in the town of Åndalsnes. While we ate our breakfast, we looked out over the city. It seemed pretty small. We knew there was a gondola ride to the top of a nearby mountain, but that was about as much as we knew. The first thing we did after getting off the boat was see how much the gondola ride would cost. It turns out a round trip…
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Tuesday dawned cloudy and gray as most of the days in Bergen have been. That was OK as we are used to that living in the Seattle area. However, today would be different as we were going to board the cruise ship that would take us up the coast of Norway. We were ready for the change. According to the information we had received, we were to check in around noon. The cruise company, Hurtigruten, didn’t want people to show…
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Traveling to the Seychelles has been on my travel list for a while. It was added to my list after I visited the Maldives in 2018. However, the Seychelles doesn’t offer a tour like I typically take. I had to take a different route to visit the Seychelles, one that I was quite looking forward to, a cruise. I had never been on a cruise before However, this wasn’t your typical Carnival Cruise. It was a small boat with room…
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