The morning was taken up with beaurocracy and trying to figure out how to use automatic petrol pumps when all the instructions are in a foreign language. Still, at the end of it I had a temporary account with the University of Troms\u00f8 (UiT\u00f8) which allowed me to connect my iBook to the network connection in my room (a net connection at last!), a full tank of diesel in the car and milk in the fridge.
\nThe rest of the morning (which wasn\u2019t good weather-wise) was taken up talking on Bullet and testing out Skype with my Dad, who has been sorely missing a conversation with someone who can talk back normally as my Mum is not able to do this anymore. Oh, and I started uploading the best of the photos I\u2019d taken to my Gallery at home.
\nSo, it was now the afternoon, the weather had cleared up and looking at which direction the weather was coming from I decided to re-trace my steps on Saturday evening and head north towards Hansnes.
\nWhat a difference the weather can make to a journey. On Saturday evening it seemed to take forever, I couldn\u2019t see anything and the rain was pouring down. Now, with the sun shining it didn\u2019t seem to take long at all to get to the point I turned around. A couple of miles later I turned left and up, up, up at Hessfjord and drove along the road to Mikkelvik.
\nThe scenery is spectacular up there, with lakes, inlets, mountains etc. It was definitely a good move to take that road. The light in the afternoon, playing on the autumnal golden leaves was beautiful and made it a photographer\u2019s dream, especially as the sun sank lower.
\nReturning, I drove back into the cloud and by the time I\u2019d got back to Troms\u00f8 the roads were wet again. My house mate informed me that it had been raining in the town since about 4pm.. about the time I was getting the best photos in the sunlight up north, so I\u2019d definitely made the right choice of location for the afternoon.
\nThe evening was spent on a combination of uploading the rest of the photos and talking to Alec and my Dad on Skype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The morning was taken up with beaurocracy and trying to figure out how to use automatic petrol pumps when all the instructions are in a foreign language. Still, at the end of it I had a temporary account with the … Continue reading