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Wahey, I finally had a long vacation again! You know what that means: time for PICSPAMS of my travels, whoopwhoop! This cruise itinerary was on my wish list for a long time and now that it was (relatively) safe again, I decided to go for it; I booked a "10 day" cruise to the Norwegian Fjords. (This actually involves 8 days of traveling, because you leave at the end of day 1 and get back on the very early morning of day 10. Due to the currently low water at the sealock, the captain had to advance the return to the evening of day 9 even, but I could spent the last night on board when it was docked*)
Unlike my previous cruise (to the Baltic sea in 2017) when I had to travel all the way to Germany to get on board, this one started in Amsterdam, which is only a train ride away! Well, that still turned into quite an adventure when all train personnel decided to go on strike in a different region of the country each day in the first week of my vacation. Fortunately the bit of the country I had to cross had trains running again on the day I had to get to Amsterdam.
*But when I got back, the union still hadn't gotten what they wanted, and this Friday there was another strike where there were no trains at all in the whole country, which meant I had to cut my last night on board in order to be able to get back home.
All of that couldn't crush my mood on this glorious cruise, where I felt rich as fuck and was spoilt with good food and marvelous service from beginning to end. The views on the fjords were of course also a big part of being able to take a break from the shenanigans in the world.
Who's ready for some photos? *makes sound of shiphorn* Let's go!
( Day 1: Departing from Amsterdam )
( Day 2: at sea )
( Day 3: 1st stop Olden, Norway )
To be continued! This was a long post, because I wanted to include my first view of the fjords on Day 3. There will be plenty more in the next parts, which will probably be day to day reports. However, if you want a preview, I have posted a couple of videos of the second half of the trip with views from Flåm, Geirander and the North Sea
J.
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Unlike my previous cruise (to the Baltic sea in 2017) when I had to travel all the way to Germany to get on board, this one started in Amsterdam, which is only a train ride away! Well, that still turned into quite an adventure when all train personnel decided to go on strike in a different region of the country each day in the first week of my vacation. Fortunately the bit of the country I had to cross had trains running again on the day I had to get to Amsterdam.
*But when I got back, the union still hadn't gotten what they wanted, and this Friday there was another strike where there were no trains at all in the whole country, which meant I had to cut my last night on board in order to be able to get back home.
All of that couldn't crush my mood on this glorious cruise, where I felt rich as fuck and was spoilt with good food and marvelous service from beginning to end. The views on the fjords were of course also a big part of being able to take a break from the shenanigans in the world.
Who's ready for some photos? *makes sound of shiphorn* Let's go!
( Day 1: Departing from Amsterdam )
( Day 2: at sea )
( Day 3: 1st stop Olden, Norway )
To be continued! This was a long post, because I wanted to include my first view of the fjords on Day 3. There will be plenty more in the next parts, which will probably be day to day reports. However, if you want a preview, I have posted a couple of videos of the second half of the trip with views from Flåm, Geirander and the North Sea
J.
X-posted to https://beelikej.livejournal.com/576998.html