Sunday, 10 March
Cruise day 2
Steps 11087
Song: There’s got to be a morning after (theme from Poseidon Adventure after wave hit in middle of the night)
We docked briefly at Florø at 4:30. I woke up briefly and was soon back asleep. We travelled along the coast to Måløy and then around breakfast time we crossed the open sea to Torvik. The change to open sea was definitely noticeable and everyone was staggering around. We definitely had not found our sea legs yet, and felt very queasy. Luckily, at 12 we docked in Alesund and had a 3 hour stop over, so we could walk around the town. Half of our party decided to climb the 419 steps to the top of the hill, but we were happy to walk around the lower part of the city. Alesund is renowned for its Art Nouveaux architecture and there are a lot of beautiful buildings. As with all Norwegian cities we have been to, there are a lot of statues.
We then had a 3 hour stretch along the coast to Molde. We watched a presentation about the Northern lights which was informative and the pictures were amazing. At 6pm, Terry arranged that we would all gather in one of our cabins to play lie dice and drink the beers that he had smuggled on board. Trouble was, he forgot the lie dice at home. We played a few rounds of Matches instead and a few rounds of Indian poker until I won all the coins!
We have been seated together at the 8:15 setting and dinner is a fine dining affair. We started with some fish carpaccio, followed by lamb and veg and finally Caramalised apples. Delicious!
What I learnt: What I like about being in the First World is the random open spaces for anyone to use; the attention to detail, even on park benches and the fact that they are not destroyed or stolen.
Kim's journey 