After a short sail overnight we arrived in Kristiansand this morning. At least I think we arrived this morning because after the last few days without much sleep we missed the sail in. We slept in so much that when we went up to the buffet for some breakfast, they were already putting out the lunch selections. We just seem to be sleep groggy all day. However we did finally manage to get ashore by noon. We met groups of people finished their ashore time and were walking back to the ship.
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| Regal Princess |
Kristiansand seems to be one of those stops that we have found on a number of Princess cruises. A small little town that is a refreshing break from the stall and sellers lining the dock of some stops. Sometimes I wonder if these towns pay Princess to stop here!
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| Fish Market |
We spent about 3 hours walking around. The fish market was very small after the experiences of the market in Busan Korea. This one consisted of about 5 stalls but the area has been rejuvinated with most spaces now occupied by restaurants. The one that stood out was the Mexican one.
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| Noah's Ark |
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| Row Houses |
We found “Noah's Ark” in the area as well. It replicates the classic idea of what the ark looked like. It is built on a barge and from what we could tell it is a traveling museum. At least the stuffed animals that we saw seemed to indicate that but it probably was selling them. The sign said that it was on the way in a few days to Bergen our next port. Market street is the centre of town and was full of activity. The ship plus Saturday plus some type of election (soon) had the street full of people. The were handing out balloons, baked buns, roses, candy, etc. We continued to walk around and found the “old town|”. It is an area of older houses that seem to be the place to live. It use to be red light district of the city. They were plain front 2 story multi family structures. Very little colour anywhere. They need to take a lesson from the older district of Dublin where the doors are all vibrant different colours. More wandering and
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| Market Street |
then back to the ship. The day was overcast but we did not have any rain.
A good cup of tea (what else!) and a cookie was about all we had for lunch. That seemed to help the excessive grogginess that we had all day. It felt like we were just waking up most of the day but after a nap we were ready to go for the evening. We met our friends for pre-dinner hors d'ouvers in the Elite Lounge. It really is not that exclusive but it is a nice place to relax. We had a really nice chat. We also ended up buying a wine package for the entire cruise. It seems like a good deal rather than buying wine as we went along.
Dinner was great with our 4 other table mates. We are still only 6 and that probably will be it for the cruise. We were among the last to leave the dining area. We did get to see the George Casey comedy show. He now lives in Orlando but he is an Irish comedian. We remember him from the cruise last summer. His jokes were basically the same but he does put on a good show. We really enjoyed his routine.
Ashore in Bergen Norway tomorrow!
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