Geiranger Fjord

One of the special things about this ship (this cruise line) is that they are very conscious of food wastage. There are NO big lavish buffets with everything under the sun on offer. No - it's all small plates, but you can have as many as you like. And the offerings are very Norwegian, intriguing, and very delicious.

If you ask for cheese, you get one slice. It's quite a good way to eat, but I suspect that many people (eg men) might find it insufficient...

Today for lunch I had a small bowl of mussels, a small plate of chips, a small dish of an 'aubergine Schnitzel, with tomato sauce and feta cheese' and it was delicious. A wondrous chewy, salty chocolate brownie (with half a raspberry on top of the little blob of cream) and coffee to follow. Our waiter, Frederick, has abandoned his initial rather formal service, and has been joking about a bit, as we were the only ones left at lunchtime.

We sailed up the epic Geiranger Fjord, which gets narrower and narrower until you could almost touch both sheer cliff sides. The larger cruise ships are not allowed to come here any more. Lots of people have left the ship left for a 10 hour bus journey over the mountains and up the famous hairpin bendy roads to join us again at the next port. We did not opt for this excursion, instead, we are luxuriating in our room, by the humungous windows, enjoying the silent journey back out to sea.

What amazes us are the numerous tiny wee wooden dwellings dotted all on an isolated patch of grass half way up a cliff. Who? How? Why? When?

Another fabulous meal while we briefly docked in Alesund again. We come back here for a whole day on the southbound journey, when hopefully we will explore it.

Trondheim tomorrow.