The historic fortifications on the island of Munkholmen — Trondheim, Norway.

Hurtigruten's Richard With heading southbound from Trondheim.

Memorial to sailors who lost their lives during WWI and WWII — Trondheim, Norway.

Burst of color at the memorial — Trondheim, Norway.

PoMo — the modern and contemporary art museum — is housed in this building — Trondheim, Norway.

You're bound to encounter trolls all over Norway — Trondheim, Norway.

For obvious reasons Nordre Gate is known as Umbrella Street — Trondheim, Norway.

Never fails ... it seems like there is always a kebab place named İstanbul in every city we visit.

NB Day 3: Trondheim

August 10 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 54 °F

I’ve been battling a sinus infection for a while. It came to a head last night. The drainage from my sinuses had turned into a sore throat by this morning. Such an irritant. Feeling rather crappy overall, I slept in while Mui went to breakfast. He acted as butler and brought me something to nibble on.

This was all before the whale encounter I posted in the previous footprint.

Our ship pulled into Trondheim at 9:45a for its scheduled 3-hour call. I was in no mood to go out for a wander, so I bid Mui farewell and went back to bed. He went off to stretch his legs with a walk around the city where Norwegian kings and queens have been crowned through the ages. While he was at it, he stopped at a pharmacy to pick up some meds to help ease my discomfort.

I didn’t even hear him come back, but he was on the ship in time for lunch. He was kind enough to continue butler service with a bowl of soup … and a ‘side order’ of the photos that he took around Trondheim.Read more