Harstad to Tromso

On the road again...our final journey in the car...on our way to Tromso and enjoying seeing more of this beautiful country....This photo and the next were taken in Sorvik.

Bjerkvik

Seteroem

Bardu

There were wild flowers on both sides of the road....

Mestervik

Vikran

Norway....Poor Pete had to listen to me saying "oh my god, it's so beautiful" over and over again... we have arrived at Tromso.

What we saw on our afternoon walk after arriving at our hotel.

 This photo is of the Clarion Hotel (not where we are staying)....very impressive building...the Scandinavians have fabulous architecture...

These apartments. on the other side of the harbour looked so modern and interesting...

.....there were many old buildings too...

Such a pretty harbour and so clean...

Sensational flowers and eye catching sculpture....

The Roman Catholic Cathedral...

The city library...

I do love wooden sculptures...

The Tromso Cathedral

Pete found this fabulous help yourself salad bar...great dinner.

Reine to Harstad

Blue sky today, much to our delight....

I took many photos from places that I have already photographed but they look quite different with the sunshine.

At breakfast we could see the clouds moving away...

....and we were able to see more of the mountains...

We packed up and left after breakfast , on our way back to Tromso...and since it was sunny and quite warm we decided to stop at four beaches ....we hadn't explored them yet. This photo was taken from the car as we were leaving this wonderland village.

This  photo weas taken on the island next to ours...called Flakstadoya..which is also in the Lofoten Archipelago.

Not only was there sunshine....there was very little breeze as you can see by the perfect reflections...

The first beach we stopped at was Yttersand on the same island as Reine...called Moskenesoya.  There was a long white sandy beach and a stream running next to it. 

The second beach we visited was Ramberg on Flakstadoya Island. 

It was stunning...

Flakstad beach...the sun was out, there was a little wave... so I went for a swim...in the Norwegian Sea in the Arctic Circle....exhilarating! There was a number of people learning how to surf...they had wetsuits on.

Me catching a small wave..the water was so clear...

Another stunning beach ...Myrland...

We stopped and had a look at this church....I have never seen a church like it.

Svolvaer is one of the larger towns on the archipelago....

Pete and I feel very lucky that we saw this wonderful scenery when the sun was shining...but also glad to have seen it when it was cloudy...

We arrived in Harstad in the late afternoon...and this is the view from our hotel window.

Isn't this photo hilarious! Fremau means forward in English. One of the interesting things we saw on our walk...

...in the harbour...

How calm is the water!

Some attractive old buildings in the town ....

And flowers everywhere...

I took this photo at 9pm from our window....