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Published: June 29th 2017
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Nothing planned for today. We slept in until around 9 for breakfast. From there, we decided to just go for a wander around the city of Stavanger, the fourth biggest city in Norway, Oil capital and major port. Again, the sun was shining for us as we left the boat. Walking along the portside towards the city centre, I was shocked to see the water was absolutely filled with orange jellyfish! Not what I expected to see in Norway. We continued on, through a market place, and Stavanger cathedral, before coming to a nice park and large lake. The lake was filled with oversized gulls and a family of Silent Swans being pestered by a tourist. We continued to walk and explore the town until we reached Stavanger Museum. We were unsure whether it would be worth the $12AUD each, but with no other plans, decided to go for it. We werent to be disappointed, it was quite an interesting and fun museum. Highlights included a huge variety of stuffed animals, birds, entire bear exhibit, history and re-creation of the city, whale skeleton, conception and pregnancy exhibit, and opportunity to crawl inside a virtual womb and be born again.
Oh yeah.
From the museum we headed back towards the boat by the lake. As if the swans werent cute enough before, now the young Signet was riding on its mothers back whilst she swam about. We continue on past our ship for a brief exploration of Old Town. It was worthwhile, cobble stone streets and white painted houses. Very nice. Then, we took our final steps in Norway before reboarding the boat.
Its been an amazing country to visit. With a population of 6 million and massive land space, the average density is 5 people per square kilometre. Jobs are plentiful, life is relaxed and peaceful, and the people are friendly. For natural beauty and nature, its about as good as it gets. Its also probably the most expensive place Ive ever been to, by a mile. Cruising was a good way to go, we only spent $200AUD between us in 5 days on a few souvenirs, sights and local food by having all our proper meals on the boat. The weather is a problem too. Whilst we visited in summer, its been mostly colder and rainy, for 18 to 20 hours of daylight. In the winter, youd be looking at
snowstorms, blizzards, -20 to -30C Celsius and 4 hours or less of daylight.
Tonight was to be our final formal night aboard. I managed to get myself a new tie for $10. We enjoyed a nice meal and bottle of wine with our usual dining friends; Stephen and Irene from Northern Ireland and Brady and Maria from Malta. After dinner, Nat and I went and enjoyed some music and cocktails with Brady and Maria at a couple of spots on the ship. Afterall, tomorrow was to be a sleep in for a full day at sea, our last day before getting off the ship back in Southampton.
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