Day 23 The North Cape

This morning I woke up feeling ok. Last night with the rocking of the ship I felt terrible. It wasn't too long however before I started feeling a bit seedy again though. I went upstairs to the top deck late last night after I almost fell out of bed and could not walk across the deck in a straight line! It was a horrible feeling. Like being super drunk but with a clear head! Anyways I went off to breakfast and had a good buffet.

At 11.15am we docked in Honningsvag for a few hours. A majority of us, including my 2 new Aussie friends from Brisbane, boarded buses and headed out to the North Cape. It is the northern most point of mainland Europe. There is a visitor information centre and of course a monument for photos. The road is closed in winter however and from a certain point (13km out) you must wait for a convoy to be able to drive there. The convoy is led by a snow plow who clears the road and everyone follows. The snow plow waits at the centre and brings you back at the specified time. It was pretty cool. We got out photos taken, did some shoppinh in the gift shop & had a hot choc. As it is the polar night, the sun does not rise for 8wks. It was gloomy when we arrived and dark when we left.

We got back to the ship at 2.30pm and left port almost straight away. I hung out in my room for most of the afternoon as there isn't much to do on this ship. It is a cargo ship so doesn't have all the whizz bang fancy stuff companies like Carnival have.

Tonight we had a buffet for dinner which was nice. I had a carnivores feast! Shrimp, king crab, duck, lamb and reindeer. My favorite was of course the reindeer! I also had some veg for the first time this whole trip! Delicious!

After chilling flee a bit we got an announcement to say the northern lights were out. They were but they were quite weak again. Everyone came out tonight, the deck waa so full of people. The ship was rocking and the moon was so bright so my photos are blurry and not so good. After about 45mins it looked like they were not coming back and done thick clouds were coming over and ur was sooo cold that we have gave up and went inside. Tomorrow we have to be out of our rooms by 8am & disembarking straight away as soon as we dock. I'm off to the snow hotel & to do a bit of ice crab fishing!