Tromso and day at sea

Yesterday we were in Tromso. We had a beautiful day of sunshine with the temp in the mid 60's. Our excursion was in the afternoon in which we took a tour of the city, went up to the top of the mountain on a cable car, visited the Arctic Cathedral and the Tromso museum. Over all, it was not a great excursion. The cable car ride line was very long and from beginning to end it took a couple of hours. The cable car ride was only 4 minutes up and 4 min. down. It was a beautiful view, though. I can't describe how beautiful this country is with all its fjords and mountains and waterfalls. Since it took so long to go up the mountain, we only had about 15 minutes for the cathedral; but once we got to the door, a sign indicated it was closed for a concert which would end in 10 minutes. We only had 5 minutes to look at the church then back on the bus. We also had to cut our stay at the museum short. We did get to see the exhibit on the Sami people (Lapplanders). That was interesting. We were a little late getting back to the ship and thought we were going to be setting sail about 10 minutes after we got there. But once we were on our balcony waiting for sailaway, we noticed an ambulance pulling up to the ship. They had to disembark a lady who was sick and her daughter. They took her to the hospital. Fortunately, Princess has agents on shore at each port to help with this sort of thing. I'm confident that these two ladies were well taken care of.

On the ship there's a very good band that plays in the clubs and lounges. We have enjoyed listening to them and do so every night.

Today was a day at sea. We played bingo twice and came very close, but did not win. We're waiting for the last day at sea where we will win all the big bucks! Larry and Stan went to another art auction while Holly and Lana went to an English country song seminar where we learned two little English ditties. If we had gone to the first seminar then we could be in the "performance" on the last day. I told Lana we could go and just sort of lip sync the songs we didn't know.

I spent a little time before the art auction watching Michael Goddard demonstrate his painting. I think I have found a new artist that I like. He's know as the Rock Star of the Art World. He looks like a hard looking individual but has a great personality and is very funny.

Tonight was formal night again and the Captain's Circle Member reception. We went to that then to dinner. Later we listened to and English quartet play the flute, cello, violin, guitar, drums and cymbals. They were very good.

Tomorrow we will be in Flaam and are looking forward to a wonderful excursion on the railway and by bus to see more waterfalls and having a Norweigan lunch in Voss (the city where Knute Rockney is from).

Will update you after Flaam.