04/06/08 - Rockin in on a boat.

It must be a sign that our campervan is really our true home when I
(Daniel) woke this morning; disorientated and thinking that the van
was rocking due to all the traffic rushing past - it took me about 5
minutes to remember that I was still on the boat!!
Cousin Merril had a great saying about travellling "Everyday's a
Saturday, but sometimes you need a Sunday" Today was truely a Sunday!
Marea stayed in bed until way past a decent hour in our very dark
windowless cabin which was actually quite a welcome change from 0400
sunrises. We were lucky to have a four berth cabin all to ourselves
and
with not much else to do on board we ate chocolate and read until we
disembarked at Haugesund, Norway at 1800.
We checked out the cute town of Haugesund which had a very nice
promenade and pedestrianised main street. Then we took a short drive
to Haraldshaugen where there is a 19th century monument on a mound
which is supposedly the burial tomb of King Harald, the king
responsible for the unification of Norway over 1000 years ago!
We then drove north in search of a camping spot near the sea. A couple
of false leads until we followed a sign to Førland where we found the
most gorgeous tiny bay full of row boats.
In true Norwegian style??, our first dinner on the continent consisted
of hotdogs and fishfingers; a suitable Sunday dinner surely.