Day 23 - Tuesday 27 June

Yesterday afternoon we took an included bus tour of Tromso (Viking use the word "included" in preference to "free" with good effect). I snaffled the front seats reserved for people with disabilities (my disability is feeling gross motion sickness if I can't see forward). We would have moved if a person with a disability got on the bus.

Tromso is the third largest "city" in Norway. It has a university and several hospitals some of which specialise in research into hyperthermia and other arctic issues. There are quite a few historical timber buildings in the town centre but I liked driving above the snow line and looking down on the fjiord. There is a rough car park where the buses stop and disgorge all of the camera toting tourists. We walked in the snow just for the heck of it and managed to take this pic using my new Nikon Coolpix A300 camera which fits into my pocket. 

Today was at sea and it was a little rougher than it has been. I went to a talk by Dale Templar about her travels and work filming wild animals. She described how high and rough the seas can be on the trip to Antarctica - I would have to be in a coma to get there! We watched a feel good Shirley McLean movie "Last Word" in which she played an elderly woman (such as she is now). 

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