Lazy day. Despite sunshine beginning at an unholy hour, I managed to sleep late. Finally got up and moving in time for lunch. The rest of the day was pure laziness.
This photo was taken at 11:10 pm. We are now above the Arctic Circle so the sun won't go down for about a week until we head south again. In fact, at 2:00 am, there was even more light than this as the sun had dropped below the clouds. Going to bed and trying to get to sleep with this much light outside feels really odd.
Leknes
As we had breakfast we were sailing in past the Lofoten (which means "foot of the lynx") Wall. It looks like one solid wall of sheer mountains but it is really a series of islands. It protects this area east of it from ocean storms. Although Leknes has only about 4,000 residents and is not a fishing-oriented town, it is the only one in the area with a pier big enough for a cruise ship.
Unfortunately, today the winds and tides prevented us from docking, so we had to anchor and use the tenders. I opted to skip my tour today and stay on board. Jill went on the same tour and came back to say that I had made the right decision as there was a great deal of up and down walking to deal with in addition to getting on and off the tenders which can be uncertain, at least for me. Meanwhile, another slightly smaller cruise ship arrived, and by then the tide had come in far enough that it was able to dock. It was the Discovery which used to be the Island Princess. (Shades of meeting my friends, Virginia and Gil, in Arica, Chile when I was on Prinsendam and they were on Discovery.)
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