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Short on Time in Tromsø, Norway’s Surprising Island City

So far on our cruise we have been very lucky with the weather. While it hasn’t been sunny every day, it hasn’t rained until today when we stopped in Tromsø. However being a resident of the Seattle area, I wouldn’t call today’s weather rainy. It was actually more of a heavy mist. That doesn’t mean the weather was pleasant, but it wasn’t pouring rain so it really didn’t bother us that much. Tromsø is a fairly good sized town. It…

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Norway’s Unique Mountains, Treina and the Arctic Circle

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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