Bright sunshine is unusual for these parts and it has truly set in. This enhances the amazing beauty of the islands and fjords around us as our electric powered ship glides silently over calm mirror seas.
Our afternoon after North Cape has no further stops until we arrived in beautiful and historic Tromso but here is the kicker, it is just before midnight!
There is an optional excursion, a midnight concert in Tromso Cathedral but I am not really interested in sitting through that I just want to get some photos outside the cathedral and wonder if I can get inside for a couple of sneaky pics.
My life partner is fast asleep when I slip out and off the ship in advance of the group. I walk past the statue of the famous polar explorer Roald Amundsen and four minutes later am at the brightly lit pretty yellow wooden cathedral. Arriving early I get pictures with no obstruction.
As I am about to leave the group arrives and I drift towards them. The queue of people parts to let me in so I went for it. No tickets for the event so I am in. The ushers offer me a program and a cushion to sit on which I try to refuse but ultimately take at his insistence. I walk past the no photo sign in the aisle and quickly click off some pictures as the people are getting seated. For a few seconds I mull over the possibility of just sitting down and enjoying a freebie. Honesty prevailed and I retreat and give back my cushion and the program and explain that I just wanted some pictures and had not paid for the concert. She tells me that the back door is locked but I can let myself out the side door.
I escape into the darkness and decide to wander down the main street which, as it is a Saturday night, is heaving with young people. Finally back to the quiet of our ship and a good night’s sleep.