Hovde

The ship docked at Trondheim at 6.30 am in overcast weather. As it left at 9.30 we had a good view of Munkholmen, a small island just off the harbour. It is now a tourist destination in the summer but it has a chequered history.
In 995 Munkholmen was used as an execution site, then in the early 12th century it became a Benedictine monastery. From 1658 a fort was constructed on the site and used as a prison. When Nazi Germany invaded Norway in 1940, Hitler established a submarine base at Trondheim. Munkholmen was fitted with anti-aircraft weapons, and the fort refitted to store ammunition.
Weather today is overcast, about 8° and very calm. I've just completed 10 laps of the observation deck for some fresh air and exercise. It's so quiet and calm, the ship is almost silent as it sails along the coast. We've lost most of the snow now and the landscape is not so awe-inspiring but peaceful and beautiful none the less.
We passed a gas processing plant that Syd is pretty sure he had a site visit there for a week while working on the project with Fluor 30 years ago.
We docked at Kristiansund for an hour at 4.30 pm. We decided it wasn't worth getting off so we continued our game of Barbu (Karen won, I came last as usual!).
Kristiansund is built on four main islands, with many smaller islands.
Apparently, there are 320,249 islands and islets along the coast of Norway.Read more