Sailing away

Friday morning we were still in Bergen. We had a Panoramic Tour provided by the ship. Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with less than 300,000 people. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer and is becoming one in the winter as well. The main source of income comes from the shipping and fishing industries.

We saw statues of Ibsen and Grieg who led the local arts scene. We saw the national theater where they worked together.

We stopped for a short tour of the Bryggen.

Then it was back to the ship for lunch and sailing off to our next port of Narvik. The seas were a little rough for the first few hours of this leg and we stumbled about as we walked to dinner and then around the ship after.

Since we still had not slept well we were in our cabin getting ready for bed around 10. At 10:15 they announced that there had been a sighting of the Northern Lights. We quickly dressed in our warm clothes and made our way up to the top deck. There we saw a shimmer of the lights on the horizon and then a little later shimmers in the sky. Bob was able to get some photos. I was just thrilled to be seeing them.

Mission accomplished.

(Due to spotty internet where we are photos are not uploading. Will try again to add photos when internet improves.)