Norway Cruising

Gather round boys. There's a bulletin.

You're going where?

We're planning a trip to Amsterdam followed by a cruise up the coast of Norway. In Amsterdam, where the cruise begins, we've rented this apartment for five days. 

The apartment is owned by the proprietess of the clothing shop in the store beneath. Across the street from a canal, it has a nice view - a change from our everyday view of the avocado grove. The building is at the intersection of several busy streets at the edge of the Jordaan district. Restaurants are abundant nearby and we can walk to the museums we are interested in re-visiting, primarily the Rijksmuseum.


Then we board a Costa cruise boat for the Norwegian fjords.When a Gallup poll once asked 200 people from each of 12 countries to rank themselves in terms of culture, food, living standards, natural beauty, female beauty, joi de vivre and national pride, the Norwegian group gave themselves top marks in every category. A nation with great self esteem. These are the ports of call.

Tromso

Trondheim

Andalsnes

Bergen

Hellesylt

I hope we're lucky enough to get the kind of weather shown in these photos. Hellesylt gets around 80 inches of rain a year - the likelihood of sunny skies is slim. We'll be in Leknes (not pictured) around the 1st of June when the sun doesn't go down. It drops down to the horizon, disappears for a minute or two and then starts to rise again.

Let's hide. I hate Lutefiske.