Jun 6, 2008 - Lofoten Islands--Experience the Midnight Sun

After realizing that all Norwegians, including Americans that work in Norway, receive vacation pay, we set out for a quick weekend adventure and headed north, over the mysterious Arctic Circle, to Bodo, and then to the grand Lofoten Islands, a place inhabited for over 6,000 years. The two of us waited at midnight for our ferry, the Hurtigruten, to usher us over to one of the most magical places on earth. The sea lapped the ship as we sailed northwest through the bright night. The images brought back to memory an old poem I studied in...