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Tag: Tromsø

Adventures in the Snow

Posted on February 17, 2022June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

MY BIRTHDAY It was with great excitement that we woke up this morning on this, my 61st birthday.  Quite a contrast to my birthday last year, which was spent in full lockdown where I couldn’t have a party, couldn’t go out to a restaurant, couldn’t go to the pub, couldn’t have friends over.  Here we…

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Time in Tromsø

Posted on February 16, 2022June 8, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We awoke this morning to a cloudless, vivid blue Arctic sky; the temperature being a chilly -8ºC.  We went to the Lido restaurant on Deck 8 and got a table by the window so we could watch the progress of the Borealis into port; we were due to dock in Tromsø around 10.00am.  This is…

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Time in Tromsø

Posted on November 15, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Sunrise: 9.26am Sunset: 1.30pm This morning I awoke late and found it difficult to get out of bed. Maybe it was the late night last night, the excess of drink, the dark morning or a combination of all three, but I did feel really sluggish and my bad ankle was throbbing and twingeing. 🙁 After…

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Let It Snow!

Posted on November 14, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Once we got up this morning (in the dark!) we went for breakfast then once again donned all our cold-weather clothing before making our way to the Neptune Lounge for about 10.15am. Today we were going for a trek in the forest wearing snow-shoes! Most people tend to think of snow-shoes as resembling oversized tennis…

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Northern Lights in Tromsø

Posted on November 13, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning around 8.30am it was still dark; it would be another 45 minutes until sunrise. 🙂 After getting dressed and having breakfast, we wrapped up warmly and went out on deck. We had to tread carefully because there was ice on the deck and on the hand-rails, but the ship’s…

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