Best Knitting Cruise Ever

Arne and Carlos

Annemor Sundbo

Last Day on MS Trollfjord

Morning walk to Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

Walking back to the ship.

Farewell cocktails.

Annemore Sundbo, knitting expert, who Arne and I both may be related to. She came on board to teach us about knitting traditions of Settistal.

The end of this part of my journey. Back to Oslo tomorrow.

Crossing the Arctic Circle Southbound

The ritual for crossing is to swallow a spoonful of cod liver oil. I did it.

As a reward the pilot whales pranced around the ship.

Highlight: Trollfjord

Ours was the first boat to enter Trollfjord in the Lofoten Islands. Until today avalanche danger was too great.

Afterwards I had a chance to walk around Svolvaer, also in Lofoten.

Hammerfest to Oksfjorde

It's snowing and the Hammefest is a little dreary.

Back at sea, heading south, we encounter this.

When we dock at Oksfjorde, we have this.

It's only 4:30 p.m. so there will be many more mountains to come before the day is done.

City to Mountains

Morning walk in Murray Hill, Manhattan.

Afternoon hike at Mohonk Mountain House.

Kirkenes

Pronunciation: kheer-ku-nes, meaning church on the peninsula.

World War II bomb shelter.

This man and his family survived 4 years of bombing in this shelter.

Kirkenes was occupied by Nazis and bombed by Russians. The town was scorched by the time the war ended.

Shopping mall on the Norwegian side of the Russian border.

The building across the river is a church in Russia.