The intermittent showers of the morning seemed to have passed so we got the shuttle to town. EVERYTHING was closed as it was Sunday. Tourist info was however open with excellent wifi and after a check in we headed to find the famed Northern Lights Cathedral. The town had been completely rebuilt since WWII, and by the look of it all pretty recently. The cathedral was only open in 2013 and was impressive indeed.
The sun was shining and no wind so, even though it was only about 10 degrees, we enjoyed the hour's walk back to the ship.
The fine weather continued through the afternoon resulting in a sun drenched sail away, enjoyed from our balcony, which we had not sat on since in port at Dover!
The captain's pre sail announcement lead us to hopeful anticipation that tonight we might really see the 'midnight sun'. Our experience since entering the Arctic Circle has been of the 'midnight overcast' rather than the midnight sun.
Dinner, sailing surrounded by fiord walls, was followed by a very enjoyable Col Porter show. All with the sun still out. Cards til just before twelve and we went up on deck. About a hundred others too were there to witness the actual midnight sun. Fortunately we were still within the fiord but getting close to the sea. Snow capped mountains, dramatic towering island, wind farm and tranquil sea all added to the experience and gave much more composition to photos than if we had been in the middle of the Norwegian Sea. We stayed up for another few hours. A real holiday highlight and a once in a lifetime experience.
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