It was a beautiful sailing through the Fjords to get here. Olden is a beautiful small village of about 500 residents. After walking around for a bit taking in the beautiful scenery, we went on a tour bus that we booked direct with them to Briksdal Glacier, where we hiked up the mountain to the Glacier and lake and even heard the glacier calving, which sounded like a big thunder. 

Once we got back to the ship, we were in our balcony to watch the sailaway since we were docked on the pier side. I remember this so well: We had the BEST send off by the local people with loud music on their speakers like “Time to Say Goodbye” by Andrea Bocelli; people coming out of their homes waving their Norway flags; even cars and trucks were pulling over on the side of the road and coming out on the street to wave goodbye to us. It was so beautiful and quite emotional. P.S: Every time I hear that song by Andrea Bocelli on my playlist or elsewhere, it immediately brings me back to Norway and I get goos-bumps thinking of that beautiful sendaway we had.