Life begins at fjord-ty: Day 6 - Trondheim

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Today’s Patter (click for full size)
Trondheim Port Guide is in my Photobucket album - http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120/wickesy/Norwegian Cruise/Day 6/

We weren’t due to arrive in Trondheim until 9:00 today so we got up at 7:45 and went up for breakfast and by the time we had finished there was just time to go upstairs and watch our arrival.

At 9:15 the announcement was made that we could go ashore and although Princess had told us that the town centre was 2 miles away and we could take a shuttle bus for $6 each we decided to take a chance and see what alternatives there were. As it turned out it we decided to walk and it was no more than about a mile, or a 15 minute stroll. By 9:45 we were at the tourist information office in the town square waiting for it to open at 10:00. The plan for today was to visit the Sverresborg Folk Museum, a collection of medieval Norwegian buildings and although I knew we needed to get a number 8 bus there I hadn’t made a note of where to get the bus from.

The lady in the tourist information office soon put us on the right track and by 10:25 we were on the bus and arrived at Sverresborg about 10 minutes later. We had a wander around the buildings taking photos along the way.

We also came across this exhibition of dental surgeries through the ages:

1918

1928

1958

Then we stopped off for a coffee and a coke before looking around the exhibitions in the main building. We were finished by 12:10 and on the bus back to the town centre at 12:25. Once back in the town centre we had a look around the shopping mall and then, as the tower I had intended on visiting turned out to be another bus ride away we decided to wander back to the ship and get some lunch.

We stopped off at the souvenir shop in the cruise terminal and bought a fridge magnet, then we re-boarded the ship and went up to Horizon Court for a little bit of lunch and then into the pizzeria for a slice of pepperoni pizza each. After lunch we relaxed on deck for a while then, once it got a bit chilly at around 3:30 we went downstairs to relax.

As the quay was on our side of the boat today we watched cast-off at 6:00 from our balcony then about an hour later went down to Crooners for our usual.

For dinner tonight I started with Peruvian scallop and Dad had mushroom tartlet, we both followed with Old English barley & mutton soup then Dad had rib eye steak and I had duck breast then Dad had black cherry ice cream and I passed on dessert.

After dinner we had our brandies then we were in bed by 10:40 ready for a day at sea tomorrow and a night where the sun would not set.

Day 7

 

[irongirlof12]

Love the grass on the roof top, i had to skip past the dental piccies scary or what another fab day

 

[Chilly]

you seem to have a good mix of sightseeing and relaxing

 

[mandymouse]

More lovely photos

 

[loobzuk]

those dental surgery pictures were really interesting

 

[florida sun]

Another great day, what were the temps like David?

 

[wickesy]

Another great day, what were the temps like David?

I can't remember exactly Sue but we were comfortable walking around just in T-shirts or T-shirt and hoodie most of the time. I think it was mid 20's Centigrade or high 60's in 'old money'.