Jul 25, 2005 - Bergen to Kirkennes and back to Bergen on Hurtigruten coastal steamer

Well we have now been on the expensive part of the journey our one bit of luxury for 8 months (apart from when we stay in my brother Stephen's house) We left on the Richard With at 8pm on a lovely clear warm evening. We had booked the cheapest inside cabins and were shown to cabin 486 on the 3rd deck. We named it "the black hole of Calcutta" as it was a tiny little box that was absolutely pitch black inside and was near the engine room so we could hear a constant hum. We didn't mind though as it was cheap and we didn't get woken up in the...