23 DEC SAD ENDING AS JANET AND I LAY WALLOWING ON THE CABIN FLOOR IN OUR VOMIT FROM SEASICKNESS...AT 4 A M
NOW 10 FIVE HOURS TO LAND AND BERGEN.
22 DEC ALMOST OVER BREAKFAST...WOMAN FALLS ON THE WAY OFF THE SHIP...AS WE SPEAK....SHIP DELAYED WAITING FOR EMERGENCY ROOM RETURN....SHE HAS HAD A STROKE...AT SOME POINT WE GO...SHORT WALK IN THE SNOW AT TRONHEIM...BIG CITY...NOTHING TO SEE....MORNING WALK IN PERFECT SNOW FLAKES LOVELY....JACUZZIE WAKE UP...ONE MORE TIME....ANOTHER MAX MANUS VIDEO IF THE GUIDE RETURNS FROM EMERGENCY ROOM ....FRACTURES...2 HOURS LATE..WE LEFT...LUNCH GREAT.....DEPART SHIP ORIENATION...WALK CANCELLED....JANET GETS SEASICK.....PILLS AND BAND HELP...9 P M WALK ALONE...BAGS TO THE ROOM
TO FRIDAY PACK OPEN SEAS TO BERGEN ....PIZZA TO AIRPORT AT 4 A M.
21 DEC LOTS OF SLEEP....HEARTY BREAKFAST....RECROSSED ARTIC CIRCLE....DRANK COD LIVER OIL...GOT A HISTORIC SPOON....TROLL TALK....3 CITY TOURS TODAY...CAPTIANS DINNER....NICE....CITY WALKS...LEFT FOR OPEN SEAS...A BIT BOUNCY BUT NOT BAD...JACUZZI STILL WORKS.
20DEC MIDNIGHT SYMPHONY...JUST A MILE FROM THE SHIP....FLUTE PIANO SOPRANO....ALL WORLD CLASS TALENT...GREAT ACOUSTICS IN THE PEAKED 75 DEGREE ANGLED CHURCH WITH ORGAN IN THE BALCONY....REALLY NICE SOUND....I WOULD HAVE SELECTED 13 DIFFERENT PIECES OF MUSIC $80 A POP...27 WENT...
NO LIGHTS SHORT NIGHT SHORT BREAKFAST...4 HR TOUR ON THE BUS INLAND....FERRY RIDE GREAT MUSEUM...NORWEGIAN ENGINEERING AND HYDRAULICS GO RIGHT TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS....MAY IN FACT TEACH THE CLASS THE WAY THE BUILD AND DOCK BOATS....DROVE BUS ON THE FERRY....GREAT RIDE...LUNCH....WALK AND MOVIE AND MORE TODAY ...city WALK....TOUR OF OLD HURTIGREN SHIP AND THEIR MUSEUM....SHIP DEMONSTRATION OF FILLET OF SALMON AND PARTICIPATION....I PARTICIPATED....MORE TUES VIDEO ABOUT NORWAY PIX WITH HISTORIC COMPOSER EDWARD GRIEGS MUSIC, WONDERFUL AND FINAL EPISODE OF ....THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH.....COOK STILL DIES AMUNDSON OF NORWAY STILL ARRIVES AT THE S POLE FIRST...MORE FISH FOR DINNER AND STOP AT LOFTON ISLAND WWll MUSEUM...40-45 HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP...HISTORIC STUFF ALL THE UNIFORMS FROM ALL THE SIDES...THE FATHER OF THE MUSEUM THERE TO TELL THE STORYS HE HAS BEEN COLLECTING FOR 38 YEARS...WHAT A TRIP ...TO BED
19 dec ITS DRAGGING A BIT...MORE PICKLED HERRING AND ORANGE JUICE FOR BREAFAST...POLAR BEAR MUSEUM SOON.....HAMMERFAST CITY TOUR...NICE...CHURCH, CATHEDRAL....MUSEUM ...CITY STATUES.....NO DAY LIGHT AT NOON QUASI DEPRESSING...LOTS OF SUICIDES....NOT THE ONES I WANT THO.....GREAT LUNCH...ALWAYS SOUP...TOMATO ALONG WITH LOTS OF FISH......HELICOPTER DROP EXHIBITION ON 7....CLOSED THE JACUZZI ON SIX AND I MISSED IT....ROPE TYING ON SEVEN....EPISODE OF COOK-AMUNDSON RACE...HE IS ALMOST DEAD...MORE TONIGHT INCLUDING THE SYMPHONY AT 11 PM....GREAT MOVIE...MAX MANU...NORWEGIAN MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER WWll ....TRUE STORY....CRIBBAGE 1-1 TONIGHT I AM 4-1 ON THE TRIP SHE IS PLAYING BETTER BUT NOT AS LUCKY....SYMPHONY NOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL BE ON TUES PAGE.
18 DEC....KIRKNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...MOST OF JAPAN LEAVING BOAT HERE...CANT SAY I HAVE SEEN ANY SPOT ON THE TRIP WITHOUT SEING LAND LIGHTS OR LIGHTHOUSE...BREAKFAST MORE HERRING AND ORANGLE JUICE. MORNING VIDEO...GREAT TOUR OF SNOW HOTLE...SLED DOGS AND DEER...NICE...BACK FOR LUNCH...LOBSTER AND CRAB LEFTOVER FROM LAST NIGHT...NOT ANYMORE....NAP...VIDEO ON NORTH AND PLUNGE INTO THE NORTH SEA...JESUS IT WAS COLD AND JANET MISSED THE PIX FIRST TRY..REINDEER STEAK...IT WAS GOOD 3 DESERTS....SENSATIONAL VIDEO 95 MINUTES OF HISTORIC MENS CHOIR FROM THE TOWN WE ARRIVE IN NOW...SELVERG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...NO LIGHTS TONIGHT...
17DEC...LATE BREAKFAST SUN DOES NOT SHINE TODAY...MOVIE...EARLY LUNCH AND CITY PAID TOUR..TOUR OF NORTHERN MOST INHABITED SPOT ON EARTH...GREAT ...GREAT VIDEO....LESS THAN HOUR A DAY SUNSHINE....11 DAYS A YEAR WITH SUN....SHIP VIDEO NOW ...NATIVE PEOPLE...I KISSED A GAINT CRAB...DINNER AND PROGRAM TONIGHT..JACUZZI STILL WORKS....
GREAT SEAFOOD BUFFET I HAD 14 LOBSTERS AND 23 CRABS...
SAW THE LIGHTS....SAW THE LIGHTS....SAW THE LIGHTS.
RIGHT AT THE START OF THE MOVIE TALES OF TELEMARK EVA CALLS US TO THE DECK FOR THE LIGHTS NOT POST CARD TYPE BUT LOTS OF WHISPS...
BACK TO THE B MOVIE...THEN AT 11PM LIGHTS AGAIN THIS TIME I SAW THEM FROM THE BACK OF THE BOAT IN THE JACUZZI...REALLY COOL...LOTS TOO THEY CAME AND WENT FAST....RETURNED TO ROOM AND MADE A TRIP AROUND BOAT ON LEVEL FIVE AND INTO A BEAUTIFUL HALF ORANGE MOON A SHOOTING STAR AND MORE FASTING MOVING LIGHTS POSSIBLEY MOST PROMINENT OF THE SET....MAYBE MORE
NEXT TWO DAYS AS WE ARE FAREST NORTH.
16 DEC GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP NOTHING ON FIRST NIGHT TRY FOR THE LIGHTS....LESS CLOUDS TODAY BETTER CHANCE....WORKING ON SECOND JACUZZI....FIRST ONE REHEATED JUST WARM...BETTER THAN NOTHING....TWO VIDEOS TODAY ONE ON NORTHERN NORWAY AND ONE ON AMUNDSONS RUN TO SOUTH POLE BOTH EXCELLENT....SHORT SHORE WALK...SHIP STOPS EVERY FOUR HOURS OR SO...PEOPLE GET OFF AND ON...FORK LIFTS ACTIVE...AMAZING TIMING...KIDS HAVE BOARDED ONLY TO PISS ME OFF....LUNCH...CITY TOUR TOMSO....GREAT WALK...WORLD CLASS ART MUSEUM...FREE THEY WOULD NOT TAKE A DONATION...INTERNET....JACUZZI WORKING GREAT....DINNER ANOTHER TALK AND BED....EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE....CLEAN COOL AIR NOT A CLOUD IN SITE...MAYBE TONIGHT EVA SAID SHE HAS NEVER HAD A WINTER TOUR WITHOUT SEEING THE LIGHTS....WE ARE OPTIMISTIC AND WELL. JUST SLIGHEST FAINTEST SINGLE WHITE LINE BRIEFLY OF THE LIGHTS..NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY ...DIPPER AND 80 MILLION STARS OUT...ANOTHER GOOD TRY TONIGHT.
15 DEC CANT SLEEP ROOMS TOO HOT...CONTEST TODAY FOR EXACT TIME WE CROSS ARTIC CIRCLE...I GOT 0700 07 07...23O AM HERE CANT SLEEP...WORKING TO COMPUTERS ...THEY ARE SO SLOW...IF WE CAN KEEP THEM AND JACUZZI GOING I WILL MAKE IT.
14 DEC UP EARLY TOUR OF TRONHEIM....175 THOUSAND THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN NORWAY....GREAT CATHEDRAL TOUR...ALL LUTHERNS HERE....ONE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORWAY...LOTS OF EDUCATION HERE...LATE LUNCH USUALLY BUFFET THEN COUNTRY LECTURE....MORE OF THE MOVIE DINNER AND CITY TOUR AFTER THAT....ALL THE CITIES IN NORWAY HAVE BURNED DOWN....THIS ONE BORN IN 987 OVER 1000 YEARS OLD LOTS OF FISH AND FIRES HERE SINCE THEN.
13 DEC ROOMS WAY TOO HOT WAY TOO HOT....VISITED ALLSGOOD....MOLEN FOR WALKING TOURS...VERY NICE 17 AND 25 THOUSAND...CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS EVERYWHERE....MOLEN FAMOUS FOR JAZZ FESTIVAL...3 ASSHOLES MISSED THE SHIP HOW COULD YOU DO THAT....BEEN ME I WOULD NOT HAVE GONE BACK....DINNER...7 PART MOVIE ON AMUNDSON...SHACKLETON AND COOK GOING TO SOUTH POLE....3 EPISODES SO FAR AND THEY HAVE NOT HIT THE ICE YET...GUIDE AVA EVERYWHERE...ALWAYS ON TOP OF HER GOOD GUY GOOD HOST GAME....PEOPLE BOARDING ON AND OFF THE SERVICE SHIP CONSTANTLY....INTERNET SLOW...NO TVS IN ROOM....ROOMS SMALL BUT OK...FOOD GREAT...GOT SEA SICK GINGER PILLS BUT NOT LOTS OF ROCKING YET.
12 DEC....MUST BE MONDAY...9 HOURS AHEAD OF PACIFIC...GREAT BREAKFAST AT HOTLE...350 A NIGHT FOR THOSE OFF THE STREET...CENTER OF THE CITY .....CITY TOUR WHICH WE LOVE...REARRANGED AND DID EDWARD GREIG MUSEUM AND HOUSE FIRST...HISTORIC AND WONDERFUL...NORWAYS GREATEST EXPORT....COMPOSER OF PROMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND LOTS OF OTHER GREAT STUFF FROM HIS PIANO AND OTHER COMPOSITIONS....CITY TOUR BERGEN IN DARK...A TAD LATE BUT A GREAT GUIDE...SHE HAS A LAW DEGREE AND WAS SUPER INTELLIGENT AND WELL PREPARED FOR THE TASK. BOARDED THE RICHARD WILH...THREE MEALS A DAY FOR TEN DAYS....NOT ONE BUT TWO JACUZZIS ON BOARD ....REAR OF SIXTH DECK I AM IN 5 TIMES A DAY JUST LIKE HOME....GOT IN FOR SHIPS DEPARTURE UNDER THE SKIES AND FULL MOON UNDER THE BRIDGE REALLY COOL.
11 DEC ARRIVED IN BERGEN FOR RADISON ONE NIGHT THEY HAD A SAUNA POOL AND JACCUZZI...DARK TIL 1030 AM DARK AT 330...HAD LOVELY RECEPTION DINNER FOR 40 YANKEES WITH AVA WORLDS CURRENT GREATEST TOUR GUIDE.
10 DEC 2011---LAS VEGAS TO LOS ANGLES TO DETROIT TO AMSTERDAM TO BERGEN NORWAY...THERE WENT 24 HRS BUT THE FLIGHTS ALL GOOD AND WE GOT THE LUGGAGE.
From: Russ
To: 'John Mastalir'
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