Arrived in Andenes in time for the ferry to be told it was too stormy. Now we are reconsidering our plan to get to Senja.
We sat in the car and ate lunch whilst thinking. Phoned Hurtigrute boat to find out the time of departure. Eventually we decided to get Hurtigrute at Harstad and travel to Finnsnes near Senja. Boat leaves at 8am from Harstad so we needed to find somewhere in Harstad. It's the start of an Arts week so the hotels are full. Helen wrote to a couch surfing host. We drove south through wind and rain...mostly 5 degrees.
Driving in to Harstad our phone rang. It was the couch surfer Elza offering us a bed at 5:20 pm. We were just about to try camp sites. Elza is a nurse from Romania. She trained in Norway. She is a lovely person and we squeezed into her daughters' bedroom, which was vacant.
Saved by Elza from freezing to death in the car!!! Your lucky day! Sounds like miserable weather over there...at least you will have a warm bed for the night.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was very chilly for most of our holiday but temps rose to 20C the day we left for home.
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