Another quiet morning on the ship. We slept in til 8pm. Honestly, we haven’t had the most comfortable beds and so the nights have been a bit restless. I slept under the window on the sofa last night and as the ship moved if felt like I might just roll…

After such a big day yesterday, we were grateful for a slow start and sleep in today. We weren’t due into our first major port until after 2pm. We were able to eat breakfast, relax then eat lunch. The food onboard has been incredible. We are trying so many different…

If you’ve been following along our journey, you may have realised that Day 4 was a big day. It started with crossing the Arctic Circle, a walk along the Arctic Coastline near Bodo, and a Viking Yuletide ceremony. We returned from the Viking Hall quite satisfied and a bit sleepy…

After leaving Bodo the ship travelled north east-ish (a well known nautical term) back across the Norweigan Sea to the Lofoton Region. We docked at Stamsund at 7pm and Andy and I joined a group who left the ship for our excursion out to a Viking Museum. We were met…

After lunch we arrived in Bodo. We had booked ourselves onto a coastal walk. How could we not? We love the beach and couldn’t pass on the chance to walk this rugged coastline as well as learn about some of the local culture. Bodo as a town isn’t as pretty…

We set our alarms to make sure we were up on deck for the moment we crossed into the Arctic Circle. It was precisely 7:23:25am and still dark outside. 7:20am pre sunrise, just before crossing the 66 deg parallel. The reason we can be so sure is that there was…

Sitting on the Panorama deck with our fellow passengers, enjoying the passing landscape and dim lighting. It’s a sedate crowd of predominately English and German senior citizens. Dotted around the lounge are small tables upon which our fellow travellers have placed their binoculars, books, knitting and coffee/tea cups. Enter Dawn…

On the ship is an Expedition Team. During our voyage the team run various information sessions and lectures about the geography and history of the areas we are travelling through as well as lead hikes on the shore stops. During our time on board they schedule information sessions about points…

At 3am we were woken up by noises about the ship. Andy also saw one of the RIB boats being lowered off the ship to the water, straight passed out window. There was some excitement going on outside so I turned over and dosed off and let Andy investigate. It…

For this post I’ll just focus on the shore excursion today. First, to the Shieling in Urke and second a walk through the streets of Alesund. For some of the other information and experiences, please go the the website and take a look at the ‘Snippet’ Series of Posts. If…