We are on a boat until tomorrow!

We checked out of our hotel and took a cab to the pier of Trondheim where our boat with Hurtigruten cruises was docked.  This is the closest we have come to doing a cruise and I guess this could be classified as a cruise ship.

The weather is not on our side today though, it is gray and cloudy and rainy so there aren't going to be too many good opportunities for beautiful pictures.  6 hours into the cruise the waters became a little rough and you could really feel the boat swaying as it went over those waves.

We had a hamburger for lunch in the cafeteria and didn't opt for the reserved seating for dinner so we all ate in the cafeteria again.  The food was ok, nothing special.  It was nice pulling into the port of Kristiansund since we had spent a night there and the port of Molde, from where we had caught a ferry twice.  It was nice to be able to recognize a few places along this route!

It was pretty much cloudy, rainy and cold all day, although the sun peeked out when we were in Kristiansund.  When we were out over open waters, the boat felt rougher.  We always knew when we were pulling into a port by how calm everything was.

Scenery along the way.

 Approaching Kristiansund

We had driven over that bridge to get to our hotel a few days ago in Kristiansund.  

We had a fairly long stop in Kristiansund so we took plenty of pictures.  It would rain, then the sun would come out, then rain again.

Now we're on our way out of Kristiansund and heading out to somewhat open waters.

There's the hotel we stayed in - with a nice rainbow behind it!

Looks like the weather is about to clear up!  But that's not how it goes around here at this time of year.  Next thing we knew, it was raining again.

Our room on the ship had a little port hole to see out which was nice (it's behind that curtain).  It also had 3 beds - one a bunk bed.

Here's our somewhat messy room!