Alesund, Norway - Day 12
Alesund ... Sounds like O-le-sund. Heavy on the “O”. We actually entered the port last night around 10pm and so we slept peacefully all cozied up to the dock. Heavy clouds loomed over the mountains this morning, but Neal, our tour guide, said it was “sea fog” and would burn off quickly. Our tour started at 8:30 and we were on the bus shortly after 8. Guy actually booked this tour through Trip Advisor because this particular excursion was sold out and we wanted to do it. It was much cheaper than booking it though Viking and our guide was amazing (he and the bus driver were both in their 70s and he has lived here for 40+ years). So needless to say we knew after about the first 5 minutes it was going to be a great day. And he was funny...Bonus! Today we covered a 200 mile circle looping around the fjords with our main attraction being the Troll Road (Trollstigen), however we saw multiple fjords, the strawberry fields (4 weeks early - BOO!) The Stigfossen waterfall, the Troll Wall (Trol...