Flam, Norway

Today we woke up at 6am or so and enjoyed a light breakfast before leaving the ship bound and determined to get in a kayaking trip. Our trip through the ship was canceled due to lack of interest (which is really weird considering the company we keep here *sarcasm* - we are the youngest couple by 40 years...at least) so we found the local tourist office and begged till the kayak guide finally gave in and offered us a private tour. It was a great trip - our guide was a pretty, young Norwegian thing who told us all the folklore of the region while we kayaked through the fjord with virtually no boat traffic. It was amazing. She even told us a story of Huldra, a beautiful woman who would lure young Norwegian boys to the mountain tops and turn them into her slave. She says nowdays if a man calls his love his Huldra it has two meanings. #1 - she is the most beautiful woman in his eyes and #2 - she has the temperment of a troll. So you can imagine what Dane has been calling me of late. :-)

After kayaking we went on a railway tour to the top of the mountain and had traditional cold Norwegian waffles with jam and sour cream. It was a great trip and we must have seen 100 waterfalls. Then we sat in the Crow's Nest for some cocktails while the ship left the port and returned through the fjord. We made it all the way to 8:45 before calling it a night! We were pleased just to have made it through the day with no naps.

Today we've been at sea and have spent the day in bed reading and watching movies. We just spent 30 min with the ship's (cute) captain, engineer and hotel manager for a Q&A which was fun and informative. Now we are going to lounge around, maybe get fancied up for tonight's "master chef dinner" and cocktail party.

In other news, our stuff has made it to Denver safely despite a couple hiccups. Special thanks to Randall for making sure everything is in order. Thanks to Melanie as well for caring for our cats. I have a phone interview on Monday, August 3rd at 1:15pm Denver time, 9:15pm for me in Germany. I'll be somewhere between Warnemunde (sp?) and Berlin, on my way back from a day trip to Berlin. Wish me luck! It's for the Senior Accountant/Accounting Manager position at Denver nonprofit Water for People. It's the same exact position as I do for Treehouse. We'll see. The mission is great and it would be a fabulous opportunity to see and help people in very far reaching spots in the world. I will say the company seems pretty "big, corporate" minded for being as seemingly small as it is. Weird. More details after the interview.