THE CRUISE - Akureryi (Iceland) to Alesund (Norway)

Day Eight - Saturday, 25th June

Another quite cold day, and we are at sea all day on the way to Alesund. The sea was incredibly calm as there was very little wind, and we were sailing across the Norwegian Sea, which is part of the North Atlantic, and having expected to get some rougher seas in this area, it was almost as still as one of the Scottish lochs!

There were reports of people having seen whales yesterday and today, but we didn't see any. That would have been special.

We tried the lunch on offer in the Glass House, for a change, and there is a surcharge, in that you pay a small amount and choose from a list of six things. We had some hummus and bread, and salmon fishcakes and also some huge tempura prawns. All very nice and a just enough for lunch.

Spent the rest of the day relaxing and watching the sea, and later our usual drinks in the Glass House with our favourite waiter, Mukesh. He and many others are from Mumbai in India, and they are often away for many months, and so he was looking forward to the end of this contract. He is such a lively and friendly character, and very good at his job, but also willing to chat and find out about his passengers.
(How about that smile!)

The theme in the buffet is Italian tonight, but we tried for the Trattoria again and got in before the crowd, but this wasn't going to happen again, as word had got out and there would be vast queues every night from now on! We both had some really nice calamari, and then had chicken (G) and lasagne (L)