I was fortunate to go on two cruises last year, the first around the Norwegian Fjords and the second around the southern Mediterranean and Adriatic.
Back in June, 2017 we set sail from Southampton, heading for Norway. Our first port of call was Stavanger, Norway's third largest cruise port. Old Stavanger, is a collection of old wooden homes nestled along meandering cobblestone streets, and is in fact the largest surviving wooden house settlement in northern Europe.
| Old Stavangar |
| Approaching Olden |
| Olden |
When we left Olden we travelled back up the Nordfjorden before heading further north to the town of Alesund, which has deservedly been called the most beautiful city in Norway. After a fire destroyed the city in 1904, it was rebuilt in the art nouveau style with around 600 pastel-coloured buildings, decorated with florid facades and fairy-tale turrets. There are panoramic views of Ålesund’s architecture, the surrounding archipelago and fjords from the Mount Aksla lookout.
| Alesund From Above. |
| Alesund Centre |
I will end this post here, but check back in two or three days and I will post about our Mediterranean cruise - which had almost no rain!
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