Our ship crossed the Arctic Circle yesterday with no ceremony whatsoever - so different from the party and ceremony when I crossed the equator by ship on the way to Australia a few years ago!
We reached
Tromsø right at the top of Norway at 6am, and Katherine and I left on our visit to the town about 9:30am. We had dressed in layers as advised, but immediately started peeling off the outer layers as we realized we were going to have another clear and warm (15C) day.
Our first stop was at a cable car that took us up a mountain for a great view:
From the mountain top we could see the landmark "Arctic Cathedral" - our next stop:
Can you spot Katherine on her way into the church?
Then we were off to the Tromsø Museum. Blooming outside were tulips:
So now I have seen tulips in April and May at home, in March in England, in June in Norway, and in October in Tasmania. Hmmm... I feel another quest coming on.
The best part of the Museum was the Sami exhibit.
Sami handwork
Norwegian "runestein"
The ship was leaving early, at 3pm, so there was no time for meandering about town. So we relaxed aboard for the remainder of the day.
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