Amazing Norway, Andalsnes

[@carolowen6242]

What a beautiful place. Thank you Joe.

[@JoeCoastal]

I've been lucky enough to see many beautiful places but Norway truly amazed me.

[@ianturner3033]

Thank you for sharing your astounding experience.😲👏 My father❤ loved Norway, and why wouldn't he.🤔 I look forward to the rest of the journey.😀 Thanks again.👍 Take care and stay safe.😷🙊

[@JoeCoastal]

Thanks Ian. Yes why indeed? Funnily enough it's not somewhere I particularly wanted to go. It just came up and seemed like a good idea at the time. It just shows that sometimes we need to break away from our own tunnel vision and see what else is out there.

[@marilynfauguel5655]

Thanks Joe, absolutely amazing. Looks quite chilly though 🥶 good video.

[@JoeCoastal]

Thanks Marilyn. With the right clothes on we never really felt cold. You know how much I love the south west but Norway 🇳🇴. Well. It was an amazing experience I'd recommend to anyone.

[@huxham]

Thanks for the great video. Just on P&O Aurora as I type, on our way to Åndalsnes tomorrow. Very much looking forward to experiencing these stunning views for ourselves. 😊

[@JoeCoastal]

Wow wat a coincidence. I'm back on aurora on the 21st for Christmas and New year. I'm guessing that's when you come off.

[@huxham]

@ exactly! We disembark that Saturday, will try to leave it clean for you. 🤣 Åndalnes was stunning yesterday. Tromsø tomorrow!

[@JoeCoastal]

We did the husky sledging trip in Tromso. It was an amazing experience. It was March when we did it though. You'll probably not get much daylight being so close to the shortest day. I'd be interested to hear what shore days are like in darkness.

[@huxham]

@@JoeCoastal We did the northern lights coach trips in Tromsø and Alta. Unfortunately cloudy nights on both trips got the better of us on both days. However we did get a few good sighting of the northern lights we few evenings from the ship, and the ship had a dedicated TV channel for anybody that wanted to get notified of NL activity in their cabins over night. The lack of daylight didn’t take away from the magic of Norway in any way. Everything in Norway just seems to carry on as normal during the dark days. I guess it’s business as usual here, even with -12C temperatures during the day! There’s still a few hours of dusky light from around 12:00 to 13:30. However almost all houses have Christmas lights, which are on 24 hours a day which mitigates the darkness.

[@gideonhillman9794]

Brilliant Joe, can’t wait for the next one!!

[@JoeCoastal]

Cheers mate. I've got one from Dorset coming out this Sunday (first sunday of the month promise 😀) then the next Norway vid will follow as quickly as I can get it edited.

[@TravellingTorunn]

This is a fantastic video from Åndalsnes and Nesaksla and the views. I have been there a few times myself but never in snow. Your pronounciation is very good too 😊 I am happy you had the possibility to get up there in reasonably good weather so you got good views of the area.Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to the following videos, both from Norway and Cornwall 😊

[@JoeCoastal]

Thanks Torunn. It's certainly different to when you walked it. I really hope we get to come back and do it in summertime

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@JoeCoastal yes, I was there during summer 😊 I was in St. Ives and around in that area in January and had some snow 😁 Quite different from summer.

[@JoeCoastal]

You were fortunate to see it in this part of the world as we are on the same gulf stream as your country. I wonder what you thought when everything shuts down when we get a couple of inches of the white stuff. In Alta we had a drive of an hour to a trip and the coach was on thick snow the whole way. I'm a bus driver here and I know that I wouldn't be expected to go out in those circumstances. That's what's so special about this trip. It really is a different world to us. I know you love my part of the world so now we are equal 😁

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@JoeCoastal it was really something different for me with snow in Cornwall. It didn't last for long, but I got the opportunity to ascend Trencrom Hill, not so far from Hayle, and I got the lovely view of the snow powdered St. Agnes Beacon and the whiteish fields down to St. Michael's Mount by Marazion. I can understand that you cannot keep expensive equipment to plow the roads for snow, when it happens so seldom. And it takes some experience too, to drive safely. Better to just shut down for a few days till it goes away by itself 😁 In Norway we always change the tires when the temperatures drop. Far North in Alta they are very much used to snow so they have to learn how to deal with it. As we do in many other areas too. I really like to visit other countries in different seasons, just to get a better knowledge and authentic feel 😄 Yes, now we know each others coutried a bit better. And you are very welcome back here any time. 😊

[@cathydyer3774]

Amazing views Joe. Glad you are having a fun time. Chilly!!

[@JoeCoastal]

It was minus something but there's a saying about there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes for weather. We had plenty of warning and were prepared. Yes it was cold but if this is all the commitment I need to see such breathtaking sights, then count me in every time.

[@cathydyer3774]

@@JoeCoastal 😊

[@sharongamble6379]

Awesome

[@JoeCoastal]

Thanks. We were very lucky to be able to visit this place.

[@JC-zp4si]

Amazing video 👏 did you need to purchase snow boots for walking in the snow ? Or do normal boots suffice please ? 😁

[@JoeCoastal]

My wife used a pair of boots she already had and as we wasn't out in it for extended periods she got by OK. I did pick up a fairly inexpensive pair of snowboots from decathlon sports that along with warm socks kept my feet nice and warm.

[@JoeCoastal]

We are going back to this place in June next year so it'll be interesting to see the difference in summertime.

[@kazzsimo8276]

Great vlog joe 👍😁

[@JoeCoastal]

Thanks kazz. All I'm saying is best you don't speak to kev for a while or you're going to hear all about it until you're.... you know what I'm saying 🤣

[@kazzsimo8276]

@@JoeCoastal thanks for the warning 😂👍

[@JoeCoastal]

Don't get me wrong, I loved it but if I wasn't such a stick in the mud and baring in mind what a lovely place we live, if it was left to the 3 of them we would already have at least 2 more cruises booked 😆

[@Mauricegoqui]

hi, what season is? december?

[@JoeCoastal]

December is winter in Norway. I'm going back to this place next year in summer and from what I've seen there's no snow there at all then.

[@Mauricegoqui]

@@JoeCoastal yes, but my question is? that video is in december?

[@JoeCoastal]

Sorry it doesn't read clearer. Yes this was in December which is definitely winter in Norway.