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 |
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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