Saturday, 18 June 2011
A bear with a sore head
A whale of a time
We drove a slightly different route on the way back to Kirknes so that we could drive over the bridge which marked the spot at which Norway is at its narrowest (the distance between the sea and the border being only a couple of kilometres.
...With Love
We were just taking the scenary in, and building up the courage to dip our little fingers in the Barents Sea (it was freezing!)
when all of a sudden a platoon of Norwegian soldiers turned up out of the blue. Could Andy's stone throwing really have caused a diplomatic incident?
From Russia...
After leaving the harbour we headed 60 kms east of Kirkenes to the small village Grense Jakobselv. Here the border with Russia is marked by a small river with yellow Norwegian border posts on our bank and red/green Russian border posts on the other bank.
MS Lofoten
Our first task was to explore the harbour to find out where the MS Midnatsol would be located and the latest time we could board by.
As it happens, another Hurtigruten ship, MS Lofoten, was currently docked there. This was Hurtigruten's second oldest ship and it certainly looked as if it was made in a different century
Distance travelled to Kirkenes
Date Travelled to/from kms covered
11 June B ærum to Røros 412.2
12 June Røros to Mosjøen 563.3
13 June Mosjøen to Bodø 406.1
14 June Bodø to Narvik 452.7
15 June Narvik to Alta 519.2
16 June Alta to Karasjok 377.8
17 June Karasjok to Kirkenes 534.4
Total distance 3,265.7 kms
12 June Røros to Mosjøen 563.3
13 June Mosjøen to Bodø 406.1
14 June Bodø to Narvik 452.7
15 June Narvik to Alta 519.2
16 June Alta to Karasjok 377.8
17 June Karasjok to Kirkenes 534.4
Total distance 3,265.7 kms
Midnight sun update
Relaxing at the hotel after a lovely meal, our attention turned to the midnight sun. It had been overcast for most of the day but had started to clear up abit. Unfortuntely it was still cloudy at midnight but the view was still pretty spectacular.
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