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VIKING SURPRISE Television producer Fi Cotter Craig discovers more than she bargained for on a trip to witness the midnight sun Full disclosure. I am a massive Viking fan, and asking me to write about a Viking cruise is guaranteed to make me go full Jane McDonald and use far too many superlatives; fabulous, amazing, fabulous, wonderful, great, fabulous – all are synonymous with any Viking cruise, but unlike Jane, I’ll try to restrain myself. That the cruise was going to be excellent was a given, what I wasn’t expecting was the surprises. It all began in Bergen, which it turns out is a mighty and important Norwegian city, has a storied history, ancient wooden buildings, is the home to the Viking ocean fleet, and was once part of the Hanseatic League. Basically a medieval version of the EU which England joined late and left early. No surprise there. After a whole day in Bergen and being the perfect passenger – you know the sort of thing, looking for a classy fridge magnet, going up and down a mountain, trying to buy a hand-stitched Norwegian flag for less than 500 euros (impossible), and eating my bodyweight in cinnamon buns, drinks, dinner and lively chat – I was ready for bed by about 9.30. I headed to my stateroom, got into my pyjamas and went to bed, ready to sleep. Sleep, what was I thinking of ? I was in the land of the midnight sun. It may have been almost midnight but it was practically still afternoon outside. I know 010-015_EM<strong>18</strong>_MidnightSun.indd 10 04/11/2019 16:29
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