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Thursday 2 November 2017

Thursday 2nd November, Olden Norway

The Magellan, berthed at Olden, late in the afternoon.  It was nearly dark at 5pm.
Last night was formal night, and cos we were all dressed up, we had to have somewhere to go.  So we went to watch the show.  The show team put on the Abba show, one that we’ve seen many times before.  I don’t think the singers were at their best, although the dancers were excellent as usual, I think the singers weren’t quite as good as those I’ve heard in the past onboard CMV ships.
We tried out the upper balcony for the first time.  I think we like it.

Silly me though.  When we got on board, I volunteered us for tour escorting duties. We weren’t expecting anything to come of it to be honest, because we don’t know any of the shorex staff.  But,  we got a phone call in the cabin yesterday evening.  And today we were escorting the “Nordfjord Panarama” tour.

It’s an “off the bus on the bus” tour.  Designed for people who can’t or don’t want to walk very far, it is basically a drive around to take in the best of the scenery, with a guide to explain it all and a few photostops.  Easy peasy in terms of escorting, because no-one goes very far.    The escorts are there to ensure that everything on the itinery is covered, and that the passengers get what they paid for. 

So I had a very pleasant afternoon.  The scenery is exactly as you expect from Norway.  Breathtaking!


It was only an afternoon in Olden, so the ship set sail more or less as soon as we finished our tour.    But our day wasn’t over.  After dinner, ( and a quick drink in the pub), we watched the guest act, Andy Leach, in the show lounge, (up on the balcony again).  Yes, we’ve seen him before, and no, the act hadn’t changed much since the last time we’d seen him.  But that didn’t stop his act being fvery funny though, we had a really good laugh.

And finally, we spent a little time on deck looking up at the sky.  This is a cruise in search of the Northern Lights after all.  Nothing yet, but you can be sure that we will report if we do get to see anything.

Tomorrow we are going to Kristiansund and we are escorting again.  Hey Ho.

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