Leaving Trondheim
As soon as I had showered this morning I went over to the grocery store. Since it had been closed last night when we came back from supper, we’d been unable to get the bread and cheese we wanted for today and tomorrow’s lunch. Fortunately the store opened before 8 am, so I was able to get what we wanted.
After breakfast and making our sandwiches for lunch we headed out towards the dock. We had no idea where the Hurtigrute terminal actually is, and there aren’t a lot of signs. We asked one couple, and they gave us the general direction to go, but when we came to the dock, we still couldn’t see exactly where the boat was. There was a cruise ship at a different dock, so we headed in that direction and the security guard told us how to get to the boat. Then he changed his mind and gave us a shortcut by opening an electronic gate that he controlled.
Old Nazi fortress at the mouth of the Trondheim harbor
After about another 400 m we could see the boats, since there were two ferries. We headed towards where we thought the gate was, but after a truck went through we realized it wasn’t the right way. Eventually we got to the correct gangplank, though we realized later that we approached it from the wrong way as it was all closed off by a heavy iron fence that we had to squeeze by. But we did make it to the ferry on time!
Lighthouse in the fjord
Kristiansund
It was a pretty nice day to travel on the water. The sun shone for much of the day, and though it was windy and cool we went on deck several times to view the fjord scenery and to take a lot of pictures. In the afternoon we stopped at the city of Krstiansund for half an hour. Some of the people got off the boat and onto a bus. They had no luggage, so we assumed they would be meeting up with us later on, and they did at our next stop at 9pm that evening in Molde. They were on some kind of a tour on the highway I guess.
Molde
Norwegian farm
As you approach Molde you can see some tall mountains that still have snow in the peaks. There is also a large North Sea gas plant, and what appeared to be some fish farms. Enid though asked a good question, “What do the people here do for a living?” Some are employed in oil and gas, and other resources There are a few very small farms. Some are involved in fishing. But there seem to be a lot more people here and not much of an industrial base to support them.
We’d hoped to have a nice meal tonight, but Fjord Tours didn’t book us in for a meal time, and didn’t indicate in any of their information that we would need to make a reservation. So instead we ended up eating a not-so-great hamburger in the small cafeteria.
On the water
We have a nice cabin with a window, and now this evening the sun is just starting to set at 10 pm. Our next stop is at Alesund, though we hope that we are asleep by that time.