Well we had a slow morning but the sun was shining and their was a lot of blue sky which is a shame we did not get more of this on our travels.
Following breakfast we checked out and waited around for several hours in the lobby of the Radisson Blue Hotel until such time as the bus to the airport was leaving. We had decided to use the airport bus, not only would it be a lot cheaper than a taxi, we recognised it had several stops en-route but we were not in a hurry so it did not matter. We had also considered travelling up the funicular but unfortunately Noel Lars problem had kicked in again overnight and se we need to be careful.
At 1500 the bus duly arrived and initially there was a problem as an elderly gentleman fell off the bus but we hope he was OK as looked very pale when lifted up. The bus took a circuitous route to the airport and visited some nice areas of Bergen we did not know existed, ah well next time. We arrived at the Airport new terminal just around 1600 which was 3 hours before our flight and we had to use the machines to check in our bag, print the baggage labels and then affix then move them and scan them as they disappeared down the track hopefully to be seen at the other end. In the old days you went to a check in counter where they did all this for your but now ! but I feel sorry for somebody who has never got used to technology as they could easily get lost.
The queue for security was quite long but actually moved quite quickly and they only asked you to expose a large notebook, but mobiles in bags and also belts and shoes were ok ON but Noel had been pulled aside due to his metal knee and use a special machine. We had read that there was an ‘Upper Crust’ sandwich place at the terminal but we could not find it and so Jen had a nice brown bread baguette with shrimps and Noel some sushi whilst waiting for the flight. On the way to Bergen the flight was really full and we were a little slow on boarding as everybody had rushed in front of the priority boarding (us) and so Jen had to sit with her bag under the seat in front and most uncomfortable and so this time we wanted to be board early. We need not of worried as the flight was less than 30% full I guess and we actually left 15 minutes early and so had plenty of space for hand carried bags. The flight was interrupted for a call for a Doctor or Nurse, not sure why unless someone had been affected by some light turbulence and we were expecting that upon arrival that Paramedics would come on board but nothing happened. The flight arrived 30 minutes early and we cleared immigration and had collected our suitcases and was waiting for the taxi driver 10 minutes before the plane was originally due to arrive but the taxi was early so all good.
WE arrived home at around 2100 in time for a nice cup of tea….another holiday complete. Its nice to go away but also nice to come home.
As you can see our trip took us up the Norwegian Coast and above the arctic Circle.