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| The Magellan, berthed at Olden, late in the afternoon. It was nearly dark at 5pm. |
Last night
was formal night, and cos we were all dressed up, we had to have somewhere to
go. So we went to watch the show. The show team put on the Abba show, one that
we’ve seen many times before. I don’t
think the singers were at their best, although the dancers were excellent as
usual, I think the singers weren’t quite as good as those I’ve heard in the
past onboard CMV ships.
We tried out
the upper balcony for the first time. I
think we like it.
Silly me
though. When we got on board, I
volunteered us for tour escorting duties. We weren’t expecting anything to come
of it to be honest, because we don’t know any of the shorex staff. But, we got a phone call in the cabin yesterday
evening. And today we were escorting the
“Nordfjord Panarama” tour.
It’s an “off
the bus on the bus” tour. Designed for
people who can’t or don’t want to walk very far, it is basically a drive around
to take in the best of the scenery, with a guide to explain it all and a few
photostops. Easy peasy in terms of
escorting, because no-one goes very far.
The escorts are there to ensure that everything on the itinery is
covered, and that the passengers get what they paid for.
So I had a
very pleasant afternoon. The scenery is
exactly as you expect from Norway.
Breathtaking!
It was only an afternoon in Olden, so the ship set sail more or less as
soon as we finished our tour. But our
day wasn’t over. After dinner, ( and a
quick drink in the pub), we watched the guest act, Andy Leach, in the show
lounge, (up on the balcony again). Yes,
we’ve seen him before, and no, the act hadn’t changed much since the last time
we’d seen him. But that didn’t stop his
act being fvery funny though, we had a really good laugh.
And finally, we spent a little time on deck looking up at the sky. This is a cruise in search of the Northern
Lights after all. Nothing yet, but you
can be sure that we will report if we do get to see anything.
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