Honningsvåg (The North Cape)

We dock briefly in many wee towns through the night, but the main stop today was Honningsvåg, where some folk had a 40 minute bus ride off to see the North Cape, and were lucky with the weather. This is a small town, so we just had a wander, a soft ice cream, and a visit to the local museum. The museum was very good, with photos and artefacts of the town and the area from its whale fishing beginnings to when the Germans invaded. What a hard life! Still is, I imagine. Check out the fences up the big hill to prevent rocks/snow falling down to the village.

We missed lunch as we hadn't paid attention to the change of times, but when the excursions came back, fish soup and apple cake were served. And actually, though it really did not appeal - I tried the the fish soup and it was delicious! The apple cake was also delicious. We just happened to find out about it, and our (English) neighbours also said that they didn't know it was happening. Apparently it's on the tv screen every now and again, but you could easily miss it. 

This evening's sail round the top of the world is less dramatic than last night - the landscape has changed - gone are the jaggedy mountains, so I might have an early night. But thank goodness it's calm - the Barents Sea can be wild - I would NOT like to do this trip in winter. 

We have a daily talk about what’s coming up the following day, and we ‘learn’ a couple of Norwegian words. We were told about the Sami people.

It's our BIG DAY tomorrow - the King Crab expedition...

Fingers crossed that:
I don't fall in.
I'm able to actually GET into the rib.
I'm able to mount the quite high 'saddle' seats.
I don't feel too bad about any crab I manage to catch and can't eat it...