Last few days in Norway

As we journeyed south we stopped in Tromso for a midnight concert at a church just near the ferry terminal. No photos were allowed during the concert but it was wonderful. They played and sung a range of Norwegian songs as well as English hymns (How Great Thou Art and Amazing Grace).

I was really hoping it would be a tiny bit dark at 1am as we went back to the ship but it wasn't. Sunset was 10.43pm and sunrise 2.58am, so I had some hope but we were too far north for darkness at this time of year.

There was lots of beautiful scenery, farms began again and we went into Trollfjord.

There was a lot of noise made when we met our sister ship, the young staff were particularly enthusiastic!

Many places in Norway seem to make geographical claims to get people to visit them. Bronnoysund's was that it is in the middle of Norway but whether that is true depends on what you consider the southern and northern most points of Norway, which is highly debatable. It did have a lovely yarn shop though, just two minutes from the port. 

Last night's final excursion was a journey along the Atlantic Coast Road, not something I'd want to do in winter. I can see why it was in the last James Bond movie. 

We also stopped to see the newest stave church in Norway, Kvernes Stave Church. It was built in 1631-33, and was quite interesting. 

The model ship was stolen from the Danish, something the Norwegian Guides were proud to tell us. 

I forgot to photograph dinner, which was baccala, a cod and potato stew, made with rehydrated dried cod (clipfish). It was very salty and very tomatoey.

 

We drove back to the ship through some stunning farmland that I was disappointed we didn't have a photo stop at. I may have laughed out loud when the guide mentioned the very large dairy herd of 30 cows one farmer in the area had. 

It rained the rest of the way back to Bergen, making us grateful for all the sunny days we've had in Norway.