Just found this while looking around the Hurtigruten web site, https://www.hurtigruten.us/inspiration/experiences/northern-lights/
Pretty cool.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Bucket List ~ Northern Lights = Norway!
So for years I've wanted to see the Northern Lights. Research led me to Norway. So here we go. My dear friend Cari and I will be traveling from the US to Norway, spending 2 nights in Bergen, then going on the Hurtigruten Ship Trollfjord for 12 nights going up then down the coast of Norway.OUR SHIP
We were taking an Astronomy Cruise, but, we just found out that they canceled the Astronomy part. Bummed, but, it will be fine. It is what it is. and we will embrace what we get. Everything happens for a reason.
Preparing for this trip. Under Armour, warm cloths, Camera equipment, Researching weather, and discovering that we will only have 5 hours of daylight in Bergen, and the farther north we get... 3 hours of daylight.... well kind of, the sun will only be on the horizon from 7 am to 10 am..... SHOCK! LOL.... I have a program for Astrophotography, Stellarium. I looked up places in Norway with Stellarium and put in the dates that we will be there.... and I text Cari, and said.... "Cari, you have to come over my house after work, I need to show you something" So we are packing Vitamin D to help us with the lack of Sun. But, the good part of this is we will pretty much be able to see the Northern Lights day or night, whenever they decide to show up.
We were taking an Astronomy Cruise, but, we just found out that they canceled the Astronomy part. Bummed, but, it will be fine. It is what it is. and we will embrace what we get. Everything happens for a reason.
Preparing for this trip. Under Armour, warm cloths, Camera equipment, Researching weather, and discovering that we will only have 5 hours of daylight in Bergen, and the farther north we get... 3 hours of daylight.... well kind of, the sun will only be on the horizon from 7 am to 10 am..... SHOCK! LOL.... I have a program for Astrophotography, Stellarium. I looked up places in Norway with Stellarium and put in the dates that we will be there.... and I text Cari, and said.... "Cari, you have to come over my house after work, I need to show you something" So we are packing Vitamin D to help us with the lack of Sun. But, the good part of this is we will pretty much be able to see the Northern Lights day or night, whenever they decide to show up.
I had no real idea about the landscape or anything about Norway. We found on PBS the show New Scandinavian Cooking. Where it shows the country side of Norway and the local food. On the last episode that I watched it told about the food revolution in Bergen, they had a local chef on Chef Christopher Haatuft, We were able to get reservations at his restaurant Lysverket. Super excited about this since I'm kind of a foodie. Also the Hurtigruten ships are Farm to Ship. Bonus!!!!
So... 1 Month and 2 days till Take Off.... Bucket List Northern Lights will be within reach!
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