Planes , boats and automobiles

Or the long road south . I left you wondering about how we were going to get to the next part of out trip. Well we started the day with an early 5:50 am morning taxi pick up at our hostel so we could catch the boat to Bodo.  Now that was one downside of staying a bit away from the main town , I lay awake most of the night worrying whether the taxi would come even though I was assured it would by the young bloke on reception ( I did start to doubt his credibility when he told me he didn't know how much it would cost because he had never caught a taxi). 

Thankfully it turned up on time and we caught our second mode of conveyance today the express boat to Bodo .  ( we were pleased when we turned up and confirmed it wasn't a speed boat as suggested by young tourist officer we spoke to in Solvare  however we were alarmed at the safety cards which suggested we needed to climb into one piece thermal suits if the boat started to sink ( yikes that water must be icy ) . When we arrived in Bodo ( without getting wet  ) we hoped to  catch the the first of many  flights that would eventually take us to Bergen but again there was some doubts hanging over us as the cheap flight booking company we chose ( out of the hundreds on offer  ) refused to accept our booking no matter how many times we tried.   ( Harley 's credit card was not turning out to be the miracle worker I had hoped) . We eventually made a booking with another company ( the cost was going up by the minute) which meant we got to fly all across Norway sampling the delights of various tourist town airports that we had missed as official holiday Itinarary destinations .  

The lack of sleep last night also proved beneficial as we could sleep through most of our unofficial tour of Norway. 

We have arrived in Bergen and are staying in another cute airbnb apartment  . This one has ukeleles decorating the walls , a very steep circular staircase ( I'm sure I will think that's a positive when my calf muscles recover from the climb up) and a lovely continual view of the surrounding rooftops. ( ie no curtains on the sky light windows) .  What more could you want  - well possibly a bit of darkness could be good and Harley informs me that we will actually have  a couple of hours of moon time tonight so I'm off to use it !  Nighty night!!