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Norwegian Celebration Cruise - At Sea Page |
Thursday 15th May 2014
Along the East Coast
A side fjord
Up at 0640 in a channel between the islands. We went out & back for breakfast at 0730.
![]() Looking back - port |
![]() A fjord-side village |
![]() Looking forward |
Lysefjord At about 8, the Captain turned into Lysefjord, which has quite spectacular overhanging hills & back again. I joked that the tourist stuff was him just covering up for having got lost.
![]() Lots of ferries in Norway... |
![]() ...& bridges. The entrance to Lysefjord. |
![]() A few houses. |
![]() All the way up Lysefjord |
![]() Farmland rather marginal |
![]() Looking back |
![]() Sailing close to the rock walls |
![]() Many waterfalls |
![]() Looking forward |
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![]() End of the Lysefjord |
![]() Pulpit Rock |
![]() The Lighthouse |
Further North
Stavanger
Because we had the time, the Captain decided to visit the Balmoral, another Fred ship, which was berthed in Stavanger today.
South Stavanger
Downtown Stavanger
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