Europe 2018...Day 13: Henningsvaer...

We woke up on Monday and prepared to leave to leave Sakrisoy.  We planned four nights in Lofoten, but the last night was to be right next to the Narvik airport.  We discussed the options of what we wanted to do and decided on seeing the village of Henningsvaer.

There is a hike in this area that we thought about doing for .2 seconds, and after reading that there is no defined path we decided to skip it.  I mean, the other trails had been a disaster with a define path, can you imagine???

We stopped off at the Co-op for pastries before hitting the road to Henningsvaer.  It was, of course, a cloudy day and I really wish we could have viewed Henningsvaer in the sun.  Oh well, it seems as though the cloudiness is Norway's thing.

We arrived to Henningsvaer and had a little difficulty locating a parking space, but we finally found one.  We parked and it was pretty cold.  I started wearing Ken's jacket full time at this point.  I was over it.

We wandered around and decided on a cafe for snacks.  We were going to order a sandwich, but all of the pastries looked delicious and that was what everyone else was order.  With that, we had coffee and pastries and it was delicious!  Ken had a cinnamon roll and I had this delicious brownie/oreo/cheesecake bar.  I was in heaven for sure.

After our snack, we walked around and shopped a bit.

Henningsvaer, Norway

I had so much fun with him in the Lofoten Islands!

We ended up stopping at a coffee shop and buying our neighbor, Katelyn, some coffee.  She has been trying a lot of different coffee beans and we thought that was the perfect gift for her.  

The tiny building in the middle with the red roof is where we bought the coffee for Katelyn. We showed her this picture and where Henningsvaer is on a map.  

Henningsvaer was very charming.

After we left Henningsvaer, we finished our drive to the Narvik airport.  On the way Ken realized he never touched the Norwegian Sea.  With that, we found a place to stop for him to touch the water.  We are kind of dorky, but I love it.

Ken running down to touch the sea

I love this video

We arrived to our hotel and drove to the gas station for dinner.  Yes, they cook up delicious burgers at gas stations in Norway.  Honestly, it was the only place to eat within an hour of our hotel.  I have to say it was one of the best meals of the trip.  It was a delicious burger.  We had an early morning flight the next day to Copenhagen, so we enjoyed some wine and went to bed.