Alesund

It got a bit rock n roll in the night as we headed back out into the North Sea and headed north towards Alesund. As we lost cell phone coverage for some unknown reason my phone reset the time to France time which is an hour behind. The French Esim may be the probelm. The flow on effect was that my watch also changed and we didn't get out of bed until 9.30 am as we were docking in Alesund. We decided not to rush and told the rest of our group that we would do our own thing today and meet for drinks later. Breakfast was packed for some reason but we got a seat by the window and enjoyed our leisurely start to the day before heading ashore. Alesund was destroyed by fire in 1904 and was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style with some lovely buildings. The town was very quiet given that it's population had nearly trebled with the arrival of our ship. I think that a lot of people may have headed off on excursions out of town Troll hunting. We enjoyed a nice coffee at a bakery and wandered the streets before I climbed up the hill behind the town for a photo op. We wandered a bit more and I bought my customary tee shirt before it started to drizzle and we returned to the ship at 2 pm for a late lunch.
We had a quiet afternoon on board catching up on a few emails and reading and joined out team for drinks at 7 pm and dinner at 7.30. After dinner Linzi tried to organise everyone to go to a line dancing lesson. Margaret turned out to be the only starter and I took the opportunity to enlist Brian and Russell in an expedition to the bar for a whiskey.
The ship didn't depart Alesund until 10 pm and Gaye and I watched on from our cabin until 11pm. It was still light.Baca selengkapnya