Alesund Aquarium and Molo!

Alesund is the only stop on this cruise that we'd been to before...and having been to the aquarium last time, we hadn't planned to visit again. Nonetheless, having walked up the big hill in town, we decided again to visit the aquarium, having seen no marine mammals on our travels! The walk was nearly an hour from where we were in town but was very pleasant, and the aquarium was superb. The octopus was wonderfully visible, as were the stingrays, and the penguins, seals and otters were playing in the glorious sunshine! The walk back was slightly shorter along the seafront, where we stopped at Molo Brewery to try a dozen of their 25-own-brewed beers, including a sour, IPA, porter, white beer and plenty of others! Leaving slightly earlier than other ports at 16.30, we departed the bay of Alesund for Haugesand, greeted with rain and a rainbow as we sailed out of the sound.Read more