Adventures in the Arctic

TSH and Diva are now above the Arctic Circle. The Silver Spirit has made no acknowledgment of this and when Diva asked when the crossing would be, neither the shore concierge desk nor (more scarily) the bridge officer, had any real idea.

Going ashore in Svolaer, in the Lofoten islands, involved a hazardous transfer into a bouncing tender. Further hazards included a single track road tunnel where the bus met a car coming the other way, a drive up a narrow winding road (unsurfaced) with a steep drop on one side and a five point turn at the top (better than the alternative which was to reverse down the narrow road!). The purpose of the latter was to provide a phototstop. Not very popular when you are above the clouds. Throughout all this, Diva was too busy being terrified to be able to continue to worry about the hazards of the journey back to the Silver Spirit.

The highlight of the excursion was a visit to a reconstructed Viking long-house which belonged to a rich local leader. The modern day Viking who explained the site was knowledgeable and very funny. 
The misty drizzly weather means that the wild dramatic Lofoten scenery looks very atmospheric. The jagged mountain tops continually appear and disappear through the mist.

TSH is persevering with learning to take inferior pics with the smartphone.

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