TROLL WEATHER IN KALVAG:

 TROLL WEATHER IN KALVAG: 

 

This is the first time Hurtigruten MS Maud has visited this port.



Today we docked in Kalvag, Norway. The weather is what we call Troll Weather, foggy misty rain kinda day. We did a walking tour into town to a restaurant for a sample of herring. 



Kalvag processes 10% of the herring fished in Norway, we docked right n ext to the processing plant. This is also a village where many offshore platform workers live. The tourist business is starting to take hold. My understanding is Kalvag is accessed by ferry from Bergen, Norway. 

 



While here in port the ships Remote Underwater Vehicle was deployed to give us a view of the ocean floor. The ROV is named "DORY".

Back on board, we had lunch and then went to a lecture on the various UNESCO sites in Norway. 



While using our onboard credit in the shop it was confirmed PLAN B would be in effect. Evidently one of the ships domes needs repair and we are headed to BERGEN!! 


Next was a lecture covering the evolution of whales and dolphins.

We docked in Bergen to make repairs etc. We were told of  a gingerbread house display near the Christmas Market. It was about 1.5 miles from where we docked and we had just 3 hours in port. 

The herring is loaded into these barrels for shipping and the boys took a break to send us off. 

 

 

Leaving Kalvag

 

 Off we flew and passed through the Christmas Market and found the Pepperkakeby Village. It was 150NOK to visit and well worth the cost of admission. 



The Christmas Market was nice, a lot of food that would have been nice to try. I did expect more handicraft and the market to be larger. 

Then we made our way back to the ship with time to spare. I was tired and crashed right away with the rocking of the ship as we sailed south.