Day 12, Lofotens at Last!

Today was a very late start again! These late nights are taking their toll. I miss the dark!

We ended up having a very chilled day, with me mostly catching up on my blogging. We rang about our whale watching trip at lunch time, to find out it had been cancelled. We were disappointed, but not surprised. I had looked forward to seeing the whales close up from a Rib, but it was not to be. You can’t fight the weather! They had cancelled all trips until at least Thursday, but we simply couldn’t hang about till then.

We eventually left our fabulous view at about 3pm, to drive into the Lofoten Islands for the first time.

We were heading to Svolvær, which is the biggest town in the Lofotens, and therefore it’s capital, even though it is tiny, with a population of less than 5000.

We got there, and parked in a dusty car park in a construction area for the night. Completely different view to the last couple of nights, but we needed somewhere to leave our van safely as we have booked a kayaking trip tomorrow!

We headed into Svolvær at about 8pm to have a look around. It is typically Norwegian, where life is very definitely centred around the sea, but there is a definite touristy aspect to the place too. We had a wander around, and then back to van. Pasta and pesto for dinner, and then time to get ready for our early start tomorrow.

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