The Tromsø Affair

Today is the day that has been on my mind for quite some time, just the thought of going to the Arctic Circle was verging on stupidity. Well the time is now to live my dream so at 6 am we make our way to Oslo central station to catch the fast train to the airport. 90 minutes after takeoff we are on our approach to Tromsø Airport , this early morning approach was simply amazing with the snow covered mountains and the vast expanses of water made this approach special. The sisters have had their doubts over WADDAS far flung idea but they too are amazed , the arrival temperature is 5 c and  rain is also forecast. You guessed it the cable car to take us high above Tromsø is closed today for maintenance so we cancelled that avenue of fun , and the rain did arrive. We wander the streets and go in and out of nearly every shop of this remote city before getting a cab out to the airport to await our 17.05 departure back to Oslo . Tomorrow is a sleep in day but that could alter , as we approach the skinny end of this dash about Northern Europe I’ll just touch on a few things. Firstly I need a good home cooked roast or some sausages and veggies these small items are non existent over here, and because I come from a country where cash is king they have different rules over here called card is king. WADDA likes to pay in cash then check his change , every trivial thing is on the card enough is enough. The sisters are a couple of floors below me plotting tomorrow’s activities so who knows what will happen, it’s 9.30pm as the sun begins to set and it will be coming back up about 4.30am so it’s

Snow at Tromsø 

Proddys church

Waddas new mates

church
a long day goodbye for now............ WADDA