We’re back in Amsterdam now, and it was already a week ago that we had our first long port day in Ålesund. We used the time to hike up to that overlook, via the many switchbacks you see above. We then walked back down through the hilly park and picnic land on the far side, with lovely and surprisingly-green paths. I took the right-hand photo below because the sun had begun its struggle to liberate itself from the low hanging cloud cover, and we were excited because we felt it boded well for the aurora viewing. Which it did. The statue above depicts Rollo, a viking who both besieged Paris in the late 800’s and then later became Count of Rouen and first ruler of Normandy. Look it up, it seems to be true :-).
(so much world, so little time....) 
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