Yesterday we visited the island of Frøya and enjoyed the
opportunity to stretch our legs in town. A local salmon magnate had donated 55
million Norwegian kroner towards the building of a beautiful new cultural
centre for the town.
Some brave passengers ventured into the stormy sea on two fast boats for an amazing rafting excursion. All came back wet and happy!
The hurricane-force storm we have been in for the last two
days abated a little but it was still a bumpy night as we sailed further south
to our destination of Åndalsness, but the bumping and grinding was worth it!
What a beautiful place Åndalsness is!
The town is set on a fiord at the
entrance of a spectacular, steep-walled glacial valley. Excursions took us on bus rides up the valley
to the Troll Peaks and Trollveggen- the tallest rock wall in Europe at 1100
metres from top to bottom. It is a famous climbing location and is also used as
a platform for base jumping. Still others participated in mid-level and intense
hikes up mountainsides near town. We then venture further, up 11 switch-backs to an amazing vantage point up the valley.
Once we returned to the ship, we had a very important
visitor in the form of King Neptune. The king never forgets that some of us
have never crossed the Arctic Circle and although we did this a couple of days
ago he still found time in his busy schedule to visit the ship and “ordane” his
new subjects!
