Sunday, 17 March – Happy St Patrick’s Day
Steps: very few
Song: Lazy Sunday afternoon by the Small Faces (I had to look that up) and The Wonder of you by Elvis
Cruise day 9
Finnsnes – Harstad – Risøyhamn – Sørtland- Stokmarknes – Svolvaer – Stamsund
The southbound journey seems a lot faster and although it seems like a lot of stops, they were all only about 15-30 minutes in the morning, so no time to get off. This set the tone for a very lazy day. I caught up on blogs and hardly left the cabin. I did manage to take a photo of a fountain as we left port. I think it was Harstad.
Points of interest today included Risøyrenna, a 3 mile long dredged channel open in 1922 and Raftsundet, a 20km long strait between Lofoten and Vesterålen, flanked by tall mountains. Also, we were asked to stand on the deck and wave flags at cruise mates who had chosen a bus trip to the next port. Luckily, the rest of our team were good sports and chose to oblige. Thanks to them for the photos.
Once again, we passed the mouth of Trollfjord, this time during the day. As we already had the mugs, I was hoping we could just get a refill, but no such luck.
At Stokmarknes, some of our groups went for a short walk, but the thought of putting on the layers of clothing and the snow boots was enough to prevent us from joining. David went to the gym instead and I watched a documentary on TV about Elvis, while sorting out photos. It brought back fond memories of Graceland.
Instead of an evening walk to yet another church, David and I chose sundowners on board. Again, thanks to Peter for the photos
We ended the day with a lovely buffet dinner.
What I learnt: very little
Kim's journey 