Monday, June 26, 2023

Olden, Norway

Yesterday we were docked in Olden and had a wonderful excursion to the Briksdalen Glacier. We took a short bus ride and then arrived at the visitor center. We then took a fifteen minute ride in what they called a Troll Car. Really it is just a John Deere bio-diesel Gator. 
 Once we arrived at the top, there.was another 15 minute walk to get closer to the glacier. Seen lots of glaciers in Alaska over the years. Haven't seen one quite like this as it just seems to hang on the mountain. And we were so close as we stood on the glacial beach.  



We got back to the ship and got ready for dinner. The tiny village of Olden has a farewell show for the ship as we pushed away from the dock!! Amazing for such a small town of less then five hundred people. 

After dinner we saw an amazing concert on the main theater. It was a consortium of various music acts from around the ship. They had such a great set list fr Queen, to Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar and The Killers. They played Angie's favorite song Mr Brightside as their finale.  

Today we docked in Bergen and took a cruise through the Hardanger fjord. Bergen is one of the "B's" in MMM BOP!! So cool to see these tiny villages along the way. And some amazing cliffs and waterfalls. 

 After the cruise we walked around downtown Bergen a bit and I got a reinderr hot dog as a snack. Very crispy casing with a lot of snap!! Delicious with some spicy mustard and crispy onion strings.  

We're back on the ship now and have a 5 PM sailaway. We're going to have some starters at Food Republic which is an Asian fusion restaurant. I think the word "fusion" gets overused in the restaurant world. Suffice it to say they have a combination of different sushi rolls along with stir fry dishes and some hand held bai buns. All sound delicious. More details later.

After that we'll get going to the main theater to see The Price is Right. We also saw this show in January and it is just the the TV show so it should be fun to watch. Maybe one of us will even get to "Come On Down!!".

Tomorrow is a sea so we'll relax a bit as we prepare for our final two ports of Amsterdam and Bruges on Friday and Saturday respectively. The. Sunday we'll be in Southampton for debarkation.

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