We are just back from a great cruise to Norway. Unfortunately it was only a week and we are now back in the reality of cooking, cleaning and keeping three children entertained as there is still one week of holidays to go. We sailed from Southampton. There was a days sailing before we reached our first destination, Alesund, after lunch on day 2. It was overcast and sprinkling, which is the Noway I was familiar with.
Sarah had studied the shore excursions guide and suggested that the best activity was a walk to a lookout above the town. As you can imagine that idea went down well.
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| You want us to walk where? |
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After some convincing and numerous rest stops we made it to the top. Requests for ice cream were denied - due to lack of Kroner and the fact that there was ice cream on the ship that we had already paid for,
On day 3 we entered the fjords and after lunch we arrived in Skjolden which was very beautiful.
The shore excursion had been identified and after the usual grumbling we walked to the very Norwegian activity of a llama farm (run by an English farmer who had been there about 10 years). The kids were very happy patting and feeding the animals. They also grew raspberries on the farm and I picked up a punnet for about $5. They tasted a lot nicer than the ones we are buying in England.
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| my mother said don't take food from strangers | | |
Sarah and Simon then went on a walk to the local lookout and along the way picked some wild - free raspberries.
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| delicious and free! |
The shore excursion had been identified and after the usual grumbling we walked to the very Norwegian activity of a llama farm (run by an English farmer who had been there about 10 years). The kids were very happy patting and feeding the animals. They also grew raspberries on the farm and I picked up a punnet for about $5. They tasted a lot nicer than the ones we are buying in England.
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