Our first day of miserable weather making the bus trip from Svolvaer to Narvik less scenic than it should have been, but still good.

Narvik looks like a dreary mining town. It’s main purpose is as a sea port for the ore from the Kiruna mine in Sweden.

Our hostel (Spor 1) alongside the ore railway looked questionable from the outside, but inside the converted rail station was better than any other place we have been in. We took a stroll around the town – absolutely nothing to do. Pity the ski slopes around the town are melting – could have been fun.

Free highspeed net at the hostel meant I could download some more podcasts and the latest eps of ‘House’ and ‘Dr Who’ – my phone is now full and happy 🙂

Tonight is our last night in Norway and we’ll just miss a midnight sunset by a couple of days (15 mins). It’s been a wonderful start to our adventure and we’re excited to be moving on.

– Posted from my iPhone