By: Blonde One
This year I have expeditioned/holidayed on 3 different islands: the Isle of Man, the Isles of Scilly and last week the island of Tromso (Norway). Each one is very different to the others but Tromso was by far the most different.
It is the only one that gets 2 meters of snow in the winter.
It is the first one I’ve been to that has heated pavements.
Tromso has many, many mountains: all snow covered.
The wildlife here is on a larger scale. Instead of sheep wandering in the road it is moose or reindeer.
The water surrounding it is literally icy cold.
It has a network of amazing tunnels and bridges which would fascinate even the most experienced engineer. The tunnels are like mini worlds in themselves, with roundabouts and parking areas.
The differences are endless and include: whales, midnight sun, ski jumps, £12 vodka and coke, 24 hours of darkness, brown cheese served with jam … the list could go on and on …
Sounds amazing! Shame I can’t afford to go myself!! X
It was amazing, but does require a small mortgage to pay for it!
The pictures look a bit like Iceland although we only saw sheep! What an amazing place, I bet you want to go back again.
I have only dim memories and two or three dim, murky black and white photos taken by Pete of my trip to Norway and the Jotunheim in 1960. I didn’t even have a camera then, BUT I do remember that digusting brown cheese which had no resemblance to my favourite food, and if I tried to apply the description that comes to mind I reckon I would be de-Blonded pronto.
Here is a pic of me on a glacier – note the “yawning” crevasse and the rope. I was only twenty, and we were , to say the least, naive in the skills required on this kind of terrain, but at that age one is invincible.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxg49emse3sqkrk/CHRNorway.jpg?dl=0
What an fabulous photo!