After a late night, it was hard to get up, but we were both pretty excited as dogsledding was on the agenda!

We met our group at a nearby hotel and they drove us about 40 minutes out of the city. There we had an introduction to the dogs and they explained how to drive, and how to be a passenger. I was a passenger for most of the 1.5 hour trip, and Rob drove the rest:)

This is a terrible pic of me with my eyes closed even, but I just had to get a pic in of what I had to wear to stay warm: my own snow pants and winter coat (with multiple layers underneath both bottom and top!) and then their thermal suit and boots! I was pretty puffy but I needed to stay warm!

Back to dogsledding…it was pretty spectacular! The dogs were amazing and so excited! They were barking and howling whenever we stopped. They loved to play around with each other and were very friendly with us too!

The scenery was amazing!

We had some yummy chocolate cake after sledding.

We had a great time, and then headed back into Tromsø to grab a late lunch. We opted to go back to The Art Cafe as the food was so good (homemade!)

We went back to rest at the hotel and then headed out for a sushi dinner at a place called Ra Sushi. It was very tasty – with some unique rolls! We had to be at the boat by midnight, so hung out in the hotel room, packing our stuff.

Sadly (we only found this out the next day) that while we were in our hotel room, the Northern Lights were dancing over Tromso. I was devastated to hear this:((

We boarded the ship: Hurtigruten Polarys, and wandered around to check it all out. It’s a cross between a cruise and a ferry: cruise like where you have cabins, lounges and a couple of restaurants, but not all fancy schmancy like a cruise liner.

Tucked into our tiny cabin, we slept soundly as we headed south.