Slept reasonably well again last night. Taking the doona out of its cover certainly does seem to work. I just have this weird mental block against doing it, because that's not How Things Should Be Done.
Decent breakfast again. 7:30 out the door.
Long driving day today. Past lots of fjords.
Kåfjordbrua (Kåfjord Bridge)
Talvik Kirke (Talvik Church)
Talvik
Reindeer by the road near Storsandnes
Salmon fishing nets in Langfjorden
Mountains behind Langfjorden
Mountains behind Kvænangen fjord
Mountains behind Kvænangen fjord
But.
The seat rotation has put us on the wrong side of the coach to see them. As we're driving south, all the fjords are on the right, and we're on the left of the coach pretty much until the end of the trip. So this sux epically.
But what's worse is that the lucky people on the right side of the coach are WASTING IT!!!! We're in some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, and many of the people with the right side window seats were sleeping or reading or playing on their tablets. Why even bother doing this tour people?? If these people don't care about looking at the scenery they should swap with people that do (read: me). As it was I was hanging over people trying to see out the windows for the morning and get photos where possible. It was the most frustrating and then depressing morning so far. I. Hate. People. A lot.
Had a photo stop in Gildetun up on the side of a mountain, a morning pitstop in Storslett and a lunch pitstop in Nordkjosbotn.
Kvænangen fjord from near Utsiktspunkt
View of Kvænangen fjord from Gildetun
View of Skopra Island and Kvænangen fjord from Gildetun
View of Kvænangen fjord from Gildetun
Gildetun Inn
Gildetun milepost tree
View across the Rotsundet strait to Hamnes and beyond to the Lyngen Alps
View across Lyngen fjord to Lyngen Alps
Norwegian countryside at Djupvik
View across Lyngen fjord to Lyngen Alps
Middagsfjellet from near Skibotn
After that the weather closed in and made visibility pretty poor, and we were going over the mountains not next to the fjords so I ended up having a bit of a snooze.
Lapphaugvatnet frozen lake near Fossbakken
Had a toilet pitstop in Bjerkvik then carried on.
Rombaksbrua from the E10
Frozen lake near Bjørnfjell
Late in the afternoon we ended up back on the border in Riksgransen in Sweden to take beautiful train trip down from the border along one of the fjords and into Narvik. Very pretty, although it was very grey and dreary. Can see how it would be even more spectacular on a good day. At least I got a good window seat for it.
Riksgränsen from the train station
Train approaching the Riksgränsen station
Cutie and me on the train
Photo by Mum
Mum on the train
Norddalsbrua
View down the valley
The view of this waterfall would have been spectacular on a clear day
Waterfall along Rombaksfjord
View along Rombaksfjord to Rombaksbrua
View along Rombaksfjord from the train
Little house near Rombakk station
View back along Rombaksfjord
Rombaksbrua from the southwest
Houses near Straumsnes
Hålogalandsbrua under construction
Hålogalandsbrua under construction
Bifrost locomotive at Narvik station
In Narvik the coach disappeared to the service entrance to unload our bags, so we gave up on the idea of bringing our own bags up. Went up the 16th floor to get some photos, then went for a wander to find some dinner. Ended up at the Italian restaurant with another couple which was nice, but the serving sizes were *huge*! Oops. I just keep getting fatter and fatter....
View of Narvik from the 16th floor of the hotel
View of Narvik from the 16th floor of the hotel
View of Ofotfjord from the 16th floor of the hotel
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