I've just got back from a cruise of the Norwegian Fjords onboard P&O Britannia. I'm going to split the blog in two parts, this blog is going to be about the ports and then next Sunday I will post a blog about the ship.
Stavenger
Stavenger looked to be a lovely place but it was not somewhere that we got to really see due to the weather and not being able to get a bus as it was not working properly. The weather was torrential rain and we thought it wasn't worth risking the chance of becoming ill so we had a little look round by the ship area and then got back on to the ship.
Olden
At Olden we started to see an improvement in the weather. The sail in to the port was lovely and definitely worth getting up early for. Olden is a place which is more scenic, whilst here we went on a glacier tour.
Andalsnes
Andalsnes was not originally part of the itinerary when we booked the cruise as we were originally meant to go to Flaam so we had no plans on what to do when at the port. We got off the ship and had a little walk round the town. This area is well known for being like the French Alps. Whilst here we went a little cafe and had the local speciality Vafler which is very similar to a waffle.
Bergen
My favourite port of the cruise as there was so much more to do. Once off the ship we had to get a shuttle bus due to the port being a commercial port. We did a tour of the town and went up the funicular where you get a view of the whole town and this something everyone must do when visiting Bergen because it was beautiful. We also went to the local fish market which is also something that must be visited even if your like me and not a seafood fan. There was only one problem with Bergen and that was we didn't get long enough so we didn't get to have a proper walk around the town.
As we were visiting the different ports it was obvious that Norway is very common for Trolls. When going in different gift shops they would have a large selection of Troll ornaments which I found to be very cute and I ended buying a few for in my room with other souvenirs that I have from different places that I've been to in the past.
One thing I found very strange when visiting Norway was the fact that it doesn't go dark of a night. For anyone who is planning to visit Norway in the future be aware that it is an expensive place, we paid the equivalent of £6.00 for a coffee.
LauraJane
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