Fisknestjørna

We relax (Samara calls it bored) on a day of travel today, covering 812kms from Narvik to Stiklestad by road, ferry and train. We took a bus from Narvik to Fauske which included crossing the fjord by vehicular ferry (somewhat larger than our one at Lawrence). Surprisingly, the weather starts to cool down the further we move away from the Arctic north. Go figure! The bulk of our trip today is on a special train, commonly referred to as The Polar Express, though it is officially known as the Arctic Express. Tom Hanks was nowhere to be seen. We travel posh class and are given sandwiches, cinnamon cake, choccies and hot chocolate along the way. It's lucky we have lots of space and leg room in posh class to fit it all in... We pass by 40 stations, cross 29 bridges and plunge into 150 tunnels on the way.
I have run out of words for spectacular, though breathtaking, strikingly gorgeous and amazeballs come close. We experience some patches of light rain on the journey and arrive in Stiklestad (near Verdal) to a cloudy 13°. We don a jumper for the very first time.Read more