I’m not sure if there’s a more beautiful place. So I warn you, there are a ton of pics. And they may look similar:)

We awoke to blue skies and picture perfect scenery.

I mean it was hard to not take a photo every 2 seconds!!

We had breakfast and hopped in our rental car for a road trip!

We decided to head to the furthest spot we were planning on going first as we weren’t sure how much time it would take as the roads are pretty slick.

Every corner was dramatic and beautiful!

We ended up detouring to Haukland beach first which  was  stunning!

Trying to get all the angles with selfies:)

We continued on our drive to Reine.

We found this great little place and had fish sandwiches which hit the spot.

We detoured again to Nusfjord which was also so pretty!

There are these cool (and very smelly) fishing racks everywhere.

We stopped for a snack in Henningsvær and walked around the really cute fishing town.

We headed back to explore the town of Solvaer and wait for our ship to come in to take us to our next destination: Trondheim.

We boarded the MS Vesteralen and checked out our cabin. It’s not quite like the Polarys and truth be told, I would not be happy if I was on this ship for a 10 day cruise!

It’s a true “working” ship, with tiny cabins, no extras whatsoever, and limited lounge areas. We were assigned a dinner seating – only to later find out the reception person who checked us in made an error and dinner was an open buffet tonight and over by the time we went for the “seating”! They made us a quick meal, which was lousy, but we survived….

Aaaannnnddd… the best part, is right after our makeshift “dinner”, they announced you could see the northern lights! We ran out to check them out. They were a light green, moving through the sky! I didn’t have my tripod so the first few pics are shaky. We went to our cabin to get our jackets (it was freezing) and back out to take pics of the beautiful arc in the sky! Gorgeous way to end a beautiful, unique day!!

So I know those totally all look the same (except some are blurred) but it’s like an addiction when you start taking them! You just try and try to capture the beauty – but it really doesn’t. Just will have to stay in my mind and heart.