Bergen Port

Back to 2 years ago to finish.

Well, a different experience. Covid tests done. Sitting waiting for counter to open. Norway, Switzerland, France here we come.
Airside.

What a view, but no pilot yet. 🙂

An occasion for a Champagne.

Dubai

13 hours later,halfway approx to Geneva. WOW, shower at very high place. How others live.
Geneva

Long trip. Very different. Dubai airport was almost empty, more people waiting in Geneva arrivals hall compared to travellers. I think the world will take a long time to get back to people travellingEn savoir plus
A day in Geneva

Had fun walking around with a special exhibition by a fun artist.
Another blissful day in Geneva

Such a beautiful day today. Cold and brittle, but sunshine so lovely. Caught up with an old book fiend and movie star early in the day. Then John Calvin and friends. On for a walk through the oldEn savoir plus
Freddie.

In the beautiful town of Montreux where Freddie Mercury recorded 5 albums. Visited the Casino where the studio has been made into a place to visit Queen memorabilia . Tried my hand at mixing. FoundEn savoir plus
Berneuse.

What a great suggestion Claudia. By fast train to Aigle, then a fun little cog train to Leysin, an alpine village snuggled into the side of the Alps. A 500 metres walk down to ticket station andEn savoir plus
Jungfrau

The sun shone again for us. Was minus 3 early but on mountain side was not really cold. We had an amazing day, leaving Interlaken early to take several trains via Lauterbrunnen to the top of Jungfrau.En savoir plus
Zermatt

A 50minutes and 3 changes of gondola to Matterhorn glacier paradise (Klein Matterhorn). Remarkable scenery, very cold at minus 5.
Went to see the ice sculptures, then up via lift to top viewingEn savoir plus
Glacier Train

Switzerland is such a stunning country for mountain scenery. We traveled from Zermatt to St Moritz on the glacier express, we lashed out and went excellence class. So we were served a 7 course mealEn savoir plus
Goodbye to Switzerland

Yesterday our final train journey in Switzerland. St Moritz to Zurich airport. Trains a fabulous way to get around Europe. Sitting at Zurich airport for a flight to LHR. Then on to Bergen Norway. A 2En savoir plus
Déjà vu Bergen 2 years on.

Well, walking across gangway I had a very very strange feeling. 2 years ago they called an urgent meeting where we were all told to get off the ship and make our plans as soon as possible to get backEn savoir plus
Ålesund

Ship arrived around 9:45 in Ålesund.
We didn't have any excursions booked for morning, so went for a walk. Then saw steps leading up to a building a long the side of a steep hill. You can see theEn savoir plus
Trondheim, Bodø and Tromsø

Well, various photo from 3 places. Didn't get time to post other days. Buildings used to be cut are corners to allow horse and buggy to negotiate narrow streets. 3 Sami women at first meeting in lateEn savoir plus
Tromsø

North Cape

North Cape tick off. Now done. Finally fulfilled today. Beautiful snowscape scenery to and from. Colin has chosen 2 houses he will put an offer on. One comes with free air conditioning. Other,En savoir plus
2nd house

Sorry, this was other house. In last group, it shows the outdoor dining.
Kirkenes

Various pictures. Fantastic Husk ride. Love those dogs so much. They get really eager whilst waiting to get started.
Next, beautiful ice hotel photos , you can book and stay in one of the rooms.En savoir plus
Southbound

Geodetic Arc Hammerfest, once was Viking church we didn't bother to go in for "ceremony", instead trudged through the snow to find a very interest plaque re Russian POW camp where many died beingEn savoir plus
Codliver Oil

Well, even before breakfast, as a treat for going out on deck as we once again passed the Artic circle southbound, we were given a teaspoon of cod liver oil. Humm.
Most of day we were cruising,En savoir plus
Trondheim

Our early morning stop, last real stop before Bergen tomorrow, where we disembark and head straight to airport to get our flight to France.
I was never a person to know what can be seen in certainEn savoir plus