Tromsø Day 3
Had a wonderfully relaxing day today. Having stayed up until past midnight to truly experience the fact that it does not get dark here we slept in past our usual 4:30 am…..yaaayyyy go us!!!
Our Fjiord cruise headed South from Tromso taking us past beautiful scenery. When we came close to islands and inlets where people lived, the boat cut its diesel engines and switched to the quieter electric ones. The only thing that could have made this more perfect was if we had been under sail. That and the 2 abnoxious fledglings on the boat behaving better. Which reminds me, the seaguls here are mahusive!!!! Big enough to carry away obnoxiuos little humans.
Much information was gained during this cruise, including the formation of the Fjords which is not dissimilar to the creation/formation of the Fjords in New Zealand or the Gorges in good old Blighty. An underwater drone was submerged but alas, apart from a few moon jelly fish, we saw little as the connection seemed to be not having a good day… much like our trip from Oslo to Tromso…connections lost.
We stopped off at an area that used to be used to process cod, as in huge drying racks. A small museum here gave us a little peak into what life was like for the fishermen. The opportunity to sample cod oil and a Norwegian snack of dried cod beckoned us. The sampling of cod oil we could live without, but trying dried cod piqued our interest. It was actually quite tasty. Although Simon professes he is not ready to trade that snack in for his beloved salt and vinegar crisps.
We stopped off at an area that used to be used to process cod, as in huge drying racks. A small museum here gave us a little peak into what life was like for the fishermen. The opportunity to sample cod oil and a Norwegian snack of dried cod beckoned us. The sampling of cod oil we could live without, but trying dried cod piqued our interest. It was actually quite tasty. Although Simon professes he is not ready to trade that snack in for his beloved salt and vinegar crisps.
Apparently Tromso has a population of around 80,000, of which, 7,000 are reportedly to be employed by the hospital here!
Once back on terra firma we headed to OHallen’s. This is the oldest pub in Tromso that we mentioned yesterday. Tough choice had to be made as to what beer to try as there were 72 on tap!
Finally, we headed back to our apartment for some dinner. Eating in while we can has been the ‘go to’ here. It is rather expensive to eat out and over the next few days, whilst we hotel hop, eating out will be our only option. Well that or starve
The unique building in Tromsø that is often described as resembling fallen books is the Polaria aquarium. Its architecture is designed to mimic the look of ice floes or toppled books.
