Day 14 Thursday, March 12th From cruise to a Bergen hotel



a grey, murky morning

The last night of our cruise 

still some significant swell

was rather windy and the boat had to slow down.   Between 0300 and 0500 it was the worst and things started to move in our cabin and we did not get much sleep.  Such is the way when we take a holiday on a boat which is sometimes exposed to the 

the rocky coast

full Atlantic.  We were not ill and in the morning we

from the bow of the boat

 finished packing as we had to pack our cases by 0900.  We then went to breakfast before vacating the cabin by 1000.  The day again at the start was wet and windy and we ensconced ourselves in a lounge for most of the morning.   

the sea level rising may cause problems!

Because of slowing down during the night we were late arriving 

some properties ripe for conversion

at the last port, Floro, which we were then able to enjoy.  Some of the coastal communities were very attractive and some of the channels we had to go through were quite 

through a narrow channel

narrow.  We slowly made our along the coast, had some lunch, read for a time and gradually made 

community near Bergen

our way to Bergen.  We  arrived an hour later than the scheduled 1430 but soon the disembarkation process was in action and we agreed this went far more smoothly than our arrival with its procedure for getting on the boat.  We soon transferred by coach to our hotel in Bergen where we will stay for 2 nights.

We settled in, obtained a street map and then went for a walk through the town to find the railway station which we will use for a tour tomorrow morning.  On the way we bought food from a supermarket for a snack this evening and a picnic four trip tomorrow.  It is incredible to us how well most Norwegians speak English and we don't understand a word of Norwegian.