Category: Food
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Svalbard Express,day 16, Bergen, 210924
We woke at about 6:30am with the ship heading towards the Hurtigruten terminal in Bergen. It was thick fog which contradicted the weather forecast, it was supposed to be sunny all day. The ship docked at 7am as scheduled, but we weren’t in any rush. We needed to have breakfast first and say goodbye to…
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Svalbard Express, day 15, Ålesund and Sæbø, 200924
Ålesund – Storhaugen viewpoint We knew that we would be arriving in Ålesund at 8am, so my alarm was set for 6:30am. This was to allow us time to get ready and also have breakfast before we disembarked. We only had a two hour stop here so needed to make sure we had enough time…
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Svalbard Express, day 14, Brønnøysund, 190924
So, I slept right through last night, through the force 8s and 9s that the Captain of MS Trollfjord advised us about yesterday. I think what “helped” was the fact that it was a head wind most of the way, which meant that the ship wasn’t rocking from side to side when we travelled from…
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Svalbard Express, day 12, Tromsøya/Finnsnes, 170924
When we awoke this morning, it was with a bit of relief that the boat had stopped rocking and we were safe in the sheltered waters near to Tromsø, on the island of Tromsøya. We ate breakfast without feeling green around the gills anymore, and then went up on deck to watch the shipping being…
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Svalbard Express, day 11, All at sea pt 2, 160924
A very foggy Bjørnøya/Bear Island We knew that this part of the journey was going to be arduous. We had breakfast, exchanged pleasantries with the French couple we had talked to the evening before and then went back to our cabin. We had left Ny-Ålesund at 11am the day before, so were on the ship…
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Svalbard Express, Day 9, Longyearbyen 140924
Glacial ice sheets , Isjfjorden Our alarm was set for 6:45 on the morning of 14th September. Our Hurtigruten app had notified us the day before that there would be some picturesque sights to see down the Isjfjorden from 7:30am until 10:30am. We got ready and went out on deck just after the start time,…
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Svalbard Express, Day 8, All at sea, 130924
We woke this morning after a good night’s sleep. The swell of the Barents Sea had been kind to the boat on the northbound journey towards Svalbard. Thankfully it meant that there was little rocking and rolling overnight whilst we were in bed. This leg is a 500 mile journey in total, which started when…
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Svalbard Express, Day 7, Honningsvåg (Magerøya), 120924
The globe at the North Cape/Nordkapp – 71 degrees, 10′ 21″ north I didn’t have the best night’s sleep last night. The boat was rocking a bit as it headed further north, so it was hard to settle. I had remembered to set an alarm to make sure that we got up in time, as…
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Svalbard Express, Tromsø, Day 6, 110924
I woke early this morning as I knew that the ship would be docking in Tromsø at 8am. The sea had been calm on the journey overnight and I slept fairly well despite being disturbed by Lady Aurora. We didn’t each much at breakfast, maybe due to the excesses of our five course meals every day.…
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Svalbard Express, Day 5, Reine (Lofoten Islands), 100924
I’ve not really spent much time anywhere else than home on my birthday, except the odd visit to London, or my 21st in Amsterdam. I never would have expected to wake up on my birthday, on a ship sailing down the beautiful Vestfjorden area of the Norwegian Sea. We passed some very dark and brooding…
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