Today we had a great breakfast by the sea in the sun. It was 16°C so we were boiling! We saw an oystercatcher who kindly stayed on his rock while I raced like a gazelle to the campervan to pick up my camera to photograph him. We also saw sea urchins, jelly fish, mussels and a huge flock of gulls along the shore.
Then we parked on the edge of town and walked along the shore path to the Trondenes Historical Centre - a small interactive museum about the viking history of the area and the history of the little church. We learnt about the killing of King Olaf and the medieval trade with the Sami fur trappers. We saw a German motorbike from the occupation and a tapestry depicting the vikings presented to the museum by the wife of the Scot who made it. (He died in 2000).
Then we travelled 200 km to Andenes. It was 19°C in the afternoon but a proper 11°C on the northern isle of Andoya. We travelled on a ferry across a fjord from Reysnes to Flesnes on the way. At Andenes we booked places on the whale safari for the next day and travelled on to Stave to a campsite.
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