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July 21st 2013
Published: July 22nd 2013
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On shabbat I had decided that I wanted to see a species of birds called PUFFINS, they are little cute birds with red beaks and hang out on an Island called Runde. Jeff saw an ad for a zodiac boat ride (that actually looked more like a dingy with a major motor) that will get you to the island in an hour - where you see the puffins nesting or just floating around and maybe some seals too.

As you can imagine all this sunlight is getting to my head. I dont sleep till 2 am and then I'm up at 5:30 so in this state of insanity I agreed and off we went on Sunday to see the Puffins. oh was this my idea?

We drove the 30 km to Alesund. this city is known for its architecture in Art Nouveau style, its surrounding fjords and the high peaks of the Sunnmøre Alps but you should know that on Sundays it totally shuts down. (i think all of Norway does) after looking for 5 seconds (city is really small) we found the dock from which this high speed boat departs..

All I can say is when the boat was speeding at 70 kmh in the open sea, at 13 degrees outside, in a zodiac dingy , holding on for life as we hit major waves and all i could think of is: I NEED TO GET MORE SLEEP.

Once I got use to the speed and flying over ocean waves it was actually lots of fun..jeff was like a young boy in a candy store- . we saw some seals, the puffins where cute, we saw a lot of orange jelly fish ( i thought they like warm weather) and we met a nice couple who's daughter in law was going on birthright in a week.

Tomorrow we are moving down south towards Bergen so enjoy the pictures and all I can say is Fly Baby fly.


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our boatour boat
our boat

this boat moves at 70 kmh on the open sea-- whooa
Our driverOur driver
Our driver

one of the passengers with us said "hope he wasn't drunk last night" What?
if you look with a magnifying glassif you look with a magnifying glass
if you look with a magnifying glass

you can see the heads of two seals:)


The hopping city of AlesundThe hopping city of Alesund
The hopping city of Alesund

beautiful buildings.. very cute city



22nd July 2013

The streak of adventure in both of you, is amazing to behold! You both look very happy, despite the fact that a slow relaxing vacation,it\\\'s not. You are making the most of it, that's the way you vacation. Love...

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