So, nine hours by bus later... Around 5 am (this is unfortunately right...) we are finally aboard the MS Lofoten in Ålesund. The boarding formalities couldn't be less complicated : a bunch of enveloppes with names on a table, and each person picks his/hers. We are fed some welcome warm food. Altogether, I have to say that this little unfortunate adventure has been really well handled by Hurtigruten. Still, we are more than happy to enter our cabin at last and we don't bother too much with unpacking before falling into bed. It's only a brief rest because I wake up rather abruptly just as the ship departs at 9.30. I don't want to stay inside since we are going to enter the Hjørundfjord and it's said to be quite beautiful (a recent addition to Hurtigruten Fall's program). So I grab a quick coffee and head outside. I then find out that we weren't at the usual Hurtigruten quay, but rather on the other side of town, at the terminal for big cruise ships (and fishing vessels, obviously). This gives us a different point of view on Mount Aksla and its observatory.






