Bergen was the only proper city during our tour along Norway. For hundreds of years this was as far north that central European merchants (mostly German) we allowed to trade. Likewise, Norwegians had to bring their goods from the northern villages to Bergen to sell. Therefore, there is a very Germanic feel to downtown. Bergen … Continue reading Bergen

It took six hours for the Silver Dawn to sail from the North Sea down the fjord leading to the village of Flåm. And Flåm is very much a tourist village. It has a definite Disney / Epcot Norway feel. Flåm I started my tour with a visit to a nearby "viking village". To get … Continue reading Flåm – Fjord-o-rama

We caught the edge of a storm as we left Sortland - the captain said if we don't go now we'd have to stay in Sortland for three days before things cleared up. It was a bit bumpy that night, and my veranda sliding glass door kept opening. Multiple times I had to get out … Continue reading Bumpy

From Tromsø we next called upon Sortland. Once again, the Silver Dawn is the largest object to been seen. Silver Dawn vs Sortland Across the fjord was a salmon farm. The weather was a bit drizzly and the bus took an hour, even tho we could almost see the farm from the ship. Here they … Continue reading Sortland – Salmon

After returning from playing with puppies and having a meal, I went back out in the evening - hunting for northern lights. We started at the Tromsø planetarium, where we watched a 360-degree movie about the science of aurora with images created by a local photographer. We then boarded buses and drove around for 90-minutes … Continue reading Weather & S.A.L.T.