Hurtigruten Day 3: Alesund, Geirangerfjord, Molde

We are already in Ålesund! Unperceived, the ship land this night at the harbours Florø, Måloy and Torvik and we also nearly missed Ålesund! Sharp's the word! We go for breakfast. We watch the cast off from the railing. Today, the ship leaves the actual route getting a little back the stretch and then through Storfjord and Sunnylvsfjord into the Geirangerfjord, the most beautiful of all Norwegian fjords.

It is the third time for us and it is repeatedely nice to us to see the known waterfalls, the "Freier" and the "Seven Sisters", the abandonned farms, the face in the rock face, then the serpentines of the "Ørneveien" at the left, the Eagle's Path, and then the Geiranger with the view to the Dalsnibba, the mountain heighted 1400 m to which we already went by car.

A group of excursionists are released here. They will go by bus through the Eagle's Path and go back to Ålesund alongside the Norddalsfjords. We make the same way by ship. In that time, I go through all decks with the camera, starting at the sun terrace of deck no. 7 up to the sauna downstairs at deck no. 2

Around 6.00 p.m., Ålesund reappears and right after landing we go to the restaurant in order to have dinner. From today, there will be no buffet but a three-course-menue at fixed seats. But it is not that easy, as an older couple already sits at our places and we firmly defend them. But the missunderstanding can be easily solved to our favour so that nothing can stop our enjoyment any more. Our table mates, Christel and Christian, are a very nice couple, and we have the feeling that we will cope very well together during the next days. Today, the main course is a tender lamb loin, very tender with an excellent taste. A little salat as a starter, then a fine dessert. Fantastic if we continue this way! And the sea seems to promise to stay calmly, so that everything stays were it should be!

The next habour is Molde, the city of roses. There is already the sister ship "MS Kong Harald" waiting at the dock and shortly afterwards we can watch it leaving into southern direction. The ship glides in a very elegant way passing the shining mountains of the Trollheimen in the sunset. After half an hour, shortly past 10.00 p.m., our ship also continues its route through the skerries out to the north sea. We enjoy the sunset from the panorama saloon and after we left the last brightly iluminated island behind us, we feel like going to bed. We miss the harbour of Kristiansund.

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