Chillin’ like a villain RCL Anthem May 2024.Day 5. Olden. Loen sky lift

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Day 5. Olden. Loen sky lift

Olden today so alarm set but we were up early anyway. Up at 5.50am today. Good job I didn’t have a hangover or anything. We got showered and dressed and decided on buffet breakfast this time. The most annoying dancing happy person there getting everyone to wash their hands.
We got buffet breakfast. I didn’t get much as I don’t like it. Scott complained most of it was cold, again.

We were off the ship by 8 and as we had already booked the Loen sky lift then we were the first ones sat on the bus waiting.
Now had we have known what we did then I don’t think we would have booked this again.

Last year when we came in April there was so much snow. It was covered and we could walk on all the trails and the igloo was there. When we were at breakfast we looked out the window and realised that the snow had melted and it just looked like a mountain. Beautiful but just not as magical as before.

Never mind. It will still be a nice view. So we were at the lift by 8.30am.

We got a magnet now to avoid queues later. Then we were up the mountain by 8.45am. I am very scared of heights so this isn’t my favourite and I have to not look going up. But I’ve done it before. I find it slightly worse at the top as I hate the girls being near the edge.

When we got up there the snow was so melted that as we were walking sometimes and we would go through the snow with one foot all the way up to our knees so everyone had ice in their boots and trainers.

The girls and Scott walked up to a stone monument, my sciatica was terrible so I stayed near the igloo that was melted and closed. Scarlett went the wrong way and got stuck on some rocks which caused and argument as she was told to follow her dad but she chose to go a different and unsafe way. We didn’t go as far today.

We got a coffee and watched some crazy people who jumped off the top of the cliff and glided down onto the fjord below, hubby says they are called cliff jumpers. Crazy crazy people. Made me feel queasy just watching. Last time we watched them parachuting off the other side.

We left the mountain around 10.30am and the bus dropped us back off at the ship. We did get some lovely photos in front of the lake Lovatnet.

We had a 10 minute walk up to the other side of olden to get some snacks at a supermarket I’d found on the map, we never did this last time. The kids had a cool lollipop, we got some pop and we got some crisps for the cabin.

Last year I wanted to go the the pub that’s bang next to the ship called Molla Gjestehaus but Scott wouldn’t. Anyway I said we were going this time after I bought a magnet from the shop across the road.

They had wolves paws that had been skinned in little baskets to but, it was weird. They looked unique though and Scott and Georgia wanted a reindeer rug but I don’t like it, it’s too creepy for me. Used to freak me out the sheep skin rug as a kid never mind getting reindeer and wolves in the house. Plus they won’t go with any of our decor.

So I went up and got the end seat that would be in the sun and sat there till my troop decided I wasn’t coming back down and followed me. The kids sat there while we went and got some pop and beer. Lovely lass behind the bar. Glad they all speak English as it turns out what we were saying in Norwegian wasn’t actually correct anyway.

It turned out to be a great decision although not for my credit card. We sat for a few hours drinking and talking. We talked about where else we wanted to go and our next cruise in August. We also talked quite a lot about Florida.

It was getting to lunchtime so Scott got a deer burger and we got some fries, we were still hungry after sharing a plate so we got another, the lady next to us was listnening to our conversation and we overheard her telling her hubby all about Scott’s burger when he was at the bar.

By 1.15pm we had done with the sun. We were too hot and full so decided to go back on the ship instead as it had already been a long day and there wasn’t much else to do in Olden. It had been a really nice few hours.

Back at the room and we had a towel dinosaur waiting for us. The two mermaids wanted to go swimming for the millionth time. I’m so glad I made them have swimming lessons as when we are on holiday they are never out of the pools. So we took them to the indoor swimming pool as it was quieter in there and I couldn’t do any more sun.

Scott had a snooze on the sun lounger next to me. All that beer and burger must have hit him as he was gone within seconds. It’s a good job he doesn’t snore loud like me.

I really wanted to have a nap too but someone needed to watch the kids and I was the only adult left awake so I got a cocktail that was on offer today. A red robin or something like that. The bar over looks the pool so I could see them the whole time. It was very nice then I got a none alcoholic one. They don’t have strawberry daiquiri on the menu but they can make it anyway. Seemed a bit peculiar.

The kids were taking the mickey saying I was drunk again. I really wasn’t. I don’t usually get drunk off of one drink but that one last night was lethal.

I got the kids out and dressed just as Scott was waking up and we took them roller blading as that’s what they had asked to do and as much as those two can annoy me making sure they have the best holidays and upbringing they can do is important to me and Scott.

By the time I was 18 I had been on 6 holidays abroad visiting I think 3 other countries, I think Scott had been on even less. My two are under 10 and this is their 12th time abroad already, so they have beaten our. And they have visited 12 different countries. Soon to be 15 after we get back from the next cruise.


Anyway little rant over, It was only 4-4.30pm for the roller blading so when we got back to the cabin we washed the kids hair and got ready for dinner.

Really wasn’t feeling this menu tonight but we went anyway as I really hate the buffet. So we got down there for 6ish and it took a good 25mins for the starter. It didn’t occur to me to ask as every other night the meals were fetched at the same time but they fetched our starters and then asked us if we wanted the kids dinner right now, bare in mind we were bang next to the counter that these waiters use and we had already seen the kids dinners come up with our starters.

I was slightly annoyed that they hadn’t even asked us tonight, but maybe that’s more on me than them I don’t know. I just feel like meals should be served together as mine aren’t babies anymore that they keep forever pointing out to me as I really wish they were sometimes.

Me and Scott had some strange quiche.

Then I had chicken with mash.

Scott had curry

and kids had the nuggets and chips as they didn’t like anything on the main menu for a change. For pudding it was a creme brûlée and a chocolate pot. We didn’t enjoy any of it.

We did start missing P&Os food as these ones weren’t ridiculously better as we had been led to believe. Some were actually worse. It was one of those ones where we should have just walked out when the starter took so long but we didn’t listen to our gut. It’s a good job Scott had the very nice burger earlier or he would have been even more annoyed. I was a little annoyed as I’d not had much and sometimes I get a little hangry.

We managed to get to the quiz for 7pm in the schooner bar and had a cocktail. It had black salt on it, some kind of blackberry gin and wasn’t nice at all. And we were really terrible at the quiz. Since some of us hadn’t had a nap, meaning me and the kids, we were flagging so I needed to go back to the cabin. Luckily my very nice husband went and made us a coffee and we sat on the balcony going slowly through the beautiful fjords. I do always love the way in and out of olden.

We were in bed and asleep by 10pm as usual. We needed to be up early again tomorrow.

Onboard
Milkshake £5.50
Cocktail £12.00
Fanta £3.50
Mocktail £6.00
Cocktail £15.00
Coke £3.50
Cocktail £15.00
Whiskey £9.99
Total $70.47

On shore
£183.94 2a2c Loen sky lift with discount.
£4.44 coffee
£5.10 magnet
£15.38 magnet and music box
£12.46 snacks
£92.43 beers,coke and lunch
Total £313.75