Our guide Einsten meets us on the dock, he's wearing the same jacket as many of the Cruise organised tour guides, hopefully that's a good thing. We head towards the bus, which one is it? That little transporter isn't big enough for all of us, we're a party of 11! No Einsten is taking us around a few other busses and presents us our own city bus - as in a full size city transport bus, just for the 10 of us! Kids are knocked out! The little fjords ...

I was up at 5am to take in the Fjord as we completed the last part of the trip into port. I sat coffee in hand gobsmacked for most of it but remembered to take a photo in the end. Geiranger is a tiny little village of 180-300 people during winter, over summer it swells to 600, and if there's a boat in port - to 5000. It see's up to 600,000 visitors a year! The area is based primarily on tourism, with not much else happening in the local area. We embrace ...

Ålesund has an impressive footprint for such a small town, with a population of 45k it's a lot bigger than just over half an SCG population. We've got a lazy start on a 10am tourist train. The train leads us around the little streets and up to the main attraction of the city, the viewing platform and cafe right at the top of the mountain.Like many wooden cities, Ålesund suffered a devastating fire in 1904. Kaiser Wilhelm holidayed in the area each year...

Our guide today starts off by telling us there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing. She goes on to explain that in "Summer", her air quotes not mine, locals make what they can of the light, god knows they'll miss it in a few months. It must be this appalling weather than sent the Vikings off on their conquests, we heard that Viking is a verb, not a noun to describe the people. Viking is the act of raiding. The first raid was 4am on J...