Bergen to Stavanger
The ferry we had booked to take us down the Norwegian West Coast was originally scheduled to leave at 1pm and arrive into Stavanger early evening, unfortunately it was delayed to a 3pm departure giving us time to kill and a much later night time arrival in Stavanger. We picked up our hire car for our Norwegian road trip and joined the long queues of people waiting for our ferry. The Queen Mary 2 was in town and parked right next to where we were waiting.
Once on the ferry the scenery was idyllic with masses of islands dotted with beautiful houses in pretty colours. Although this ship was similar to the others we had been on it was more difficult to find comfortable seating that hadn’t already been “bagged” with jackets and personal items left everywhere with their owners nowhere to be seen. As we were getting off that evening rather than continuing on to Denmark as many of the passengers were, we found not having our own cabin meant we had no escape from the constant noise, music and other passengers partying in large groups.
We arrived into Stavanger after 10pm, late arrivals are something we try to avoid as navigating and finding accommodation is much more difficult in a strange place when it’s dark.
Our apartment had a smart lock set up we hadn’t come across before and it made us wonder how people less computer savvy would manage. Plus we had to climb steps to our room, so many steps! The room was very cute though and had the most comfortable bed and pillows we’d had for weeks (or maybe we were just really tired)?
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