Another Day of Beauty

These couple of days included a boat trip to an Island for dinner, afterwards we visited an art gallery where everyone kept saying the sculptures looked like me. I didn't quite see it, but everyone else seemed to. Then a drive to Saltstraumen.

Saltstraumen is the world's strongest maelstrom, located just 30 km (a 30-minute drive or bus ride) southeast of Bodø in Northern Norway. Every six hours, tides push roughly 400 million cubic meters of water through a narrow 150-meter-wide strait, creating churning whirlpools up to 10 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep.

We arrived at the wrong time due to sleeping in (mid-tide) but still great views.

The exploration of several unusual valleys led to far too many photos being taken and a wonderful video of a giant smooth rock that looked like you could almost slide down it.

After this we continued our journey to the James Bond road on the Atlantic Road (Atlanterhavsvegen), featured in the 2021 film No Time To Die. The specific span utilized during the iconic Aston Martin chase sequence is the twisting Storseisund Bridge.The 8.2-kilometer stretch of County Road 64 connects the towns of Kristiansund and Molde via a dramatic series of bridges that seem to rise from the sea.Read more