Haugesund, Land Train, Norway's King | Norwegian Fjords 7 Night P&O Cruise, Iona | Vlog Series Day 6

[@Davidxela]

Question: I noticed you ordered 2 starters each for one of your meals. Are there more than 2 of you dining, or are you allowed to order more than one starter each? I've never been on a cruise and don't know how the meals work. Kind regards x

[@thisbirdrocks]

@@Davidxela This was in the main dining room, there were only 2 of us. Our server actively encouraged us to have more than 1 starter if we couldn’t decide on which one. One evening we had 2 starters each and an extra starter with our mains as a side. They let us order whatever we wanted. The same with breakfast, ordered eggs Benedict and then added items from the make your own section. In the surcharge restaurants we didn’t try so I’d assume not unless you paid for the extras. It was a great way to try new things.

[@Glenni91N]

The big yellow platform is actually not an oilrig. I know, pretty surprising! I live in Haugesund myself, so I see oilrigs coming and going to the docks for repairs, upgrades, maintenances etc. But this one is different, it's supposedly some form of substation for offshore windmills. Nice that you enjoyed our town though. :) Stavanger is actually larger than Haugesund, at around 200 000, while Haugesund is around 50 000 people now. It's a much older city though, being roughly a 1000 years old. Which could be why it has retained more of its old town charm in many areas. Haugesund on the other hand is quite young, especially if you compare it to the average British town, being founded in 1855. So that's why it's mostly straight, planned streets in the centre, not as much old town feel to it, etc.

[@thisbirdrocks]

@@Glenni91N that’s really interesting! We saw quite a few offshore wind turbines on our trip. I was a bit unsure of the industrial nature of the area when we arrived, but found it really fascinating by the time we left. I would definitely visit again. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@prash_t]

We were on this cruise last week. This was definitely the most boring day. No idea why the ship stops here

[@thisbirdrocks]

@@prash_t it certainly was different to the other ports. If we visit again we would book a trip to go a bit further out than the town area. I’d love to see the local island communities rather than the industrial part again.