Following breakfast we returned to the cabin and Jennifer started to catch up on her sewing and Noel on some magazines that we had brought with us. We also watched on the TV the ravages left by the Hurricane in Florida but we understand that Sarasota where we have stayed before, missed the best part of the storm, as it veered East again. Not sure how it affected Rotondo West where we have booked a house to stay in late December for five weeks. It also depends on how the infrastructure is coping before we finally commit to going and then if we decide to cancel what will we do then, Cape Town???.So an easy morning followed by a slightly early lunch, we usually have a sandwich and a soup but as Noel’s last night dinner was quite small he decided to try the beef with oyster sauce and broccoli with rice which was very good, but only a small portion.
The boat arrived in the harbour on time and by 14.00 you were free to go ashore and so off we went and did a reasonable walk along the harbour front for quite a a way taking the odd photo. We also discovered a, what we call a ‘Chinese Shop’ which will sell anything and in this case we found a very cheap plastic computer mouse for about £ 8.50 and so plus batteries it cost just under a tenner. Thank heaven’s as using the computer to try to adjust photos without a mouse when you are not used to is is difficult. We also found a SPAR food shop where we acquired some salt free nuts.
The weather was holding up quite well and the outside temperature is due to reach 17c degrees this afternoon with the possibility of rain later but it was mostly blue sky with clouds
The town is composed of multiple islands which are all served by ferry boats and some of the ship tours include this ferry ride but somehow it will never compare with the Hong Kong Star Ferry crossing of Kowloon Harbour. There were quite a few shops compared to the other towns including a shopping mall which was quite nicely laid out. The amount of housing overlooking the Harbour entrance would indicate quite a large population for Norway and there appears to have been a lot o conversions from old warehouses in to apartments.After a couple of hours of walking and sitting watching the world go by we adjourned back to the shopping mall to test out the cake shop and was very pleased with the result. Jennifer had apple pie with ice cream and a Noel bun, both were good. Then we returned to the ship at about 17.30 and spotted the Hurtegraten Passenger Ferry which visits all the ports up the West Coast of Norway just leaving town . It looked quite busy.
So back on board ship we tasted the canapés before heading off to the restaurant for our 18.15 sitting. So far the preplanning of Noels Low Irritant high fibre diet with NO Garlic, tomatoes and fatty cheese BUT ITS GETTING BETTER.
