Hei again.
We left Kalvaag bright and early yesterday morning and four ferries, a walk around Alesund and a trip to the Aquarium later we arrived in Molde. The cloud had been low for most of our journey but, even so, the scenery was wonderful.
Booked into the Molde Fjordstuer Hotel and, after one false start and a bit of negotiating, got a fabulous room overlooking the Fjord with a balcony facing south west. The sun came out and started to burn off the cloud and all was revealed: a spectacular panoramic view of the Romsdal Alps across the Fjord. 222 peaks so the brochure claimed. Some with snow still on them. It was an amazing sight. So guess where we had our pre dinner drinks :)
The gas fuelled ferries operated by Fjord 1 were passing by my window every 20 minutes but were so quiet that I didn't hear them at all during the night.
Earlier in the day in Alesund we had seen one of the Hurtigrute ships: Hurtigrute's a passenger and freight line which provides a daily service along the west and north coast of Norway (a round trip of 11 days): so imagine our delight when the MS Kong Harald arrived at the quay outside the window. And we were even more surprised when another ship - MS Finnmarken - arrived an hour later! They were both picking up passengers who had left the ships on day tours from another port and then were bussed to Molde to catch the ship again.
My balcony also looked onto the Aker Stadion, an award winning building, home to the local football team.
Tonight we are in Trondheim at the P hotel, Brattora. More about that in my next post x
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