Geiranger, Norway - Tuesday, 10/1

Today we were in Geiranger, Norway, 

Early morning ferry view from the balcony

a mountain/fjord town of 250 permanent residents 

whose economy is based entirely on tourism - 

they host about 2 cruise ships a day during the summer season. 

 Twisty, winding road, switchbacking up the mountain

So beautiful! 

 Made a new friend. There was a long line of adults waiting to have their picture taken with him. 

We walked around, 

 Balcony view to the right, looking toward town

did a little shopping, 

 Mountain view to the left 

then headed back for hubby’s birthday dinner 

 Yummy cake… for me. He had (dairy free) sorbet instead. .

at Cagney’s, 

 It took two hands to hold that enormous wine glass!

the excellent steak restaurant on board. 

 Warp drive elevator

Some cool things we saw -

tiny houses (for trolls??) -

motorized floats ⬆️ give new meaning to ‘rolling up the sidewalks’ -

open mouth ferry loading - cars drive in on the right, lid drops back down and away they go -

 Very tiny town

and the coolest thing of all (video is too big to upload here ☹️) was the ship spinning in place 180° so we could go back out the same way we came in. So amazing to watch. 

Cross fingers for us please - tonight is our best shot for seeing the aurora borealis. We’ve had thick cloud cover every other night so far.

 Our window seat at dinner