July 8, 2008

Honningsvag, North Cape & Gjesvaer

Honningsvag was the furthest north our cruise ship went. Actually, we were able to go to the most northern point in Europe (North Cape).

Well, it doesn't get dark here. It's cold. Not much grows here except for free range reindeer & cod. They catch, fillet and dry the cod here. It dries to a consistency of hard stone (has to be soaked to become edible again) and call it Klippfisk. They dedicate museum after museum to the Klippfisk industry. We're not kidding...

Actually, one of the largest colonies of puffins nests here. We were fortunate enough to visit them & about a million other birds.

Did we mention that cod is a big thing here?