We are starting the next leg of our adventure. We have flown to the northernmost point in Norway, where we will catch the Hurtigruten mailboat and ferry-hop down the coast.
But first – we have a few days in Kirkenes – literally at the top of the world. We are 4 miles from Russia, 22 miles from Finland, and father east than Cairo – smack dab on the Barents Sea.
We are so far North that the sun “sets” at midnight and rises at 1 am.
Here are pictures I took from our hotel window when I woke up at 3:30 am (!) –
This is a big fishing town, with King Crab fleets plying the waters bearing both Norwegian and Russian flags – I guess so they don’t worry about boundaries.
Huge crab traps line the water – like from “Deadliest Catch.” We walked around amazed.
Tomorrow – WE are going to become crab fisherman and join them!!
Stay tuned!
Two Fools In Love 
Are there many full time residents? Shops or schools? What temperatures are you experiencing? Weather continues to look beautiful!
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Hi Barbara! I’m figuring out how to reply to comments. There are full-time residents, including about 500 Russians since on the border. If you live on border (both sides), you can have a permanent visa to allow working/shopping within about 20 miles each way. So they actually have quite a few shops like home goods stores since Russians come over to shop. We have been super lucky with weather. Temperatures were in 60s and sunny. (We are now on mailboat – future blog – and 50s and rainy – so probably more typical.
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