After the storm, the rainbow!

Another uppy downy night but calmer by morning. It's gradually getting a little lighter each day the further south we get and the scenery is changing as well. There is now evidence of houses, roads and a few villages along the way, how people live here I can't imagine.
We've found out a little more about our home ship which has up to 600 passengers, although on this trip it's probably half that amount. It also has around 100 crew. Noticeable by their absence have been the professional photographers that seem to pester me on any other cruise I've ever been on, the art auctions and all the other annoying extras. This is a journey to admire the scenery, each other's company and life itself. There's no tv and I haven't heard one mobile phone ring yet!
The weather we've experienced has been unseasonably mild with more rain than snow and a lot of cloud. Although we had thought there would be a chance of seeing the Northern Lights they won't be on for us on this trip. This is in no way a disappointment as we were lucky enough to see them a couple of tears ago, once in anyone's lifetime is a gift.
What we have seen has more than made up for it and I wouldn't have changed it for anything. The totally natural beauty, dark and cold as it is, is nothing short of magnificent. This rainbow just appeared, as they do, and within minutes it was gone. Well, not quite gone... It's here for my blip buddies just for today!!