If you've been following this blog, you'll know that -- so far at least -- it's all been about the prep. And the astonishing mountain of cold-weather clothing we've amassed in a relatively short time.
But along with that preparation, Nikki's also been following all the forums and facebook groups she can find about All Things Hurtigruten.
One of the messages that has come through loud and clear from many posts, is how warm it is aboard ship. Naturally the crew of MS Maud want everyone to be comfortable while they're eating, drinking, or listening to those fascinating lectures, and no-one wants to be wearing a fleece-lined Mr Staypuft jacket while they're tucking into their jacket potato. There's even been talk of passengers having to abandon the idea of drying their socks out overnight on the bathroom floor, because their cabin has simply become too hot to sleep in.
It was bad enough thinking about packing all this extra cold-weather gear (we are, or have been up to now, exclusively hot-weather holidayers). Now we have to think about "warm weather gear" for indoors too. It's really starting to make our heads spin.
Fortunately there's no dress code on the MS Maud. No-one gives a flying... er... fish what we wear. Amen to that.
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