Bob & Sue on the Road

We stopped at Bodø and walked through this small town’s large shopping area. There were fishermen selling dried or smoked cod at every town. Finnsnes was our next stop, and we watched this car disembark before heading under this high bridge (one of many we passed under). We heard about the Tromso Cathedral, which has midnight concerts, and decided to see if we could find it. I was expecting a grand stone cathedral, but I guess when you’re north of the Arctic Circle you don’t need all that....

This is our first view of the ship, which we boarded using the walkway on the left. At all other ports we boarded using the gangplank which you can see below the lifeboats. There is also a large gangplank further to the right for cars and cargo. The ship could hold 10 cars, around 400 passengers, and a bunch of cargo. The first picture is our cabin, which was comfy with a lot of storage space and a nice bathroom. The next pictures show the observation areas and a lecture hall where they...

Last year we traveled to Denmark, Sweden and Norway and agreed that all three countries are very beautiful, but Norway really called us back. In 2017, while waiting in the airport in Dublin, we talked to a couple who just finished their cruise along the coast of Norway, and they thought it was a lot of fun. They told us that they took a Hurtigruten Cruise, and it stopped at 35 cities, small towns, and villages along the coast. That sounded like fun to us, but there were so many places that...

Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, is Norway’s second largest city. We were happy to see that our ferry docked near the center of old...

When I plan our trips I always try to find an out of the way place for us to stay for a few nights, preferably somewhere we could go for...

We always make sure to be at the train station with enough time to find our train and our seats without hurrying. It was easy, as usual,...

We arrived at the train station with enough time to find our train and our seats. Unfortunately there was trouble on the tracks and they...

The train trip from Copenhagen to Stockholm took 5 hours, but it was a high speed train and a very comfortable ride which included...

When Bob and I talked about where we would like to visit we both agreed that Scandinavia sounded like a good place to go. I’ve always...