Blogs from Bergen, Western Norway, Norway, Europe

Bags packed, breakfast fine, Pippa called which was nice so chatted with her, Chris and Charlie then out of the hotel to our ship. Same departure area when we caught the Hurtigruten ship. Very smooth checkin but this time we had to take all the bags with us. No real problem there, just took a bit longer to get on. Unfortunately our cabin wasn’t ready so we sat in a bar at the pointy end of the ship (window seat). Sailed away early and down the fjords towards Denmark. Cabins now available so off we go. Our cabin is right down the blunt end - Murphy’s law….. Found it after wandering along corridors that never go straight. In we go. Wowsers. Luxurious cabin. Double bed with a couch/3rd bed if needed. Huge porthole and a bathroom ... read more

Woke up with low clouds on the hills around us in Flam. Very pretty. Had a very nice breakfast then off to our fjord tour. Electric ferry, quite eerie as it takes off very quietly. The whole trip was amazingly quiet going in and out of the fjords and several stops along the way. Amazing sights with every turn. Waterfalls became a bit ho hum but still had some good ones as well. Finally got to the end and clamored to the waiting buses for our next part of the tour to Voss. Chris somehow snagged the front seat while I was putting one of the bags under the bus. Winner winner…. Up into the hills with a stop at a hotel where you could go inside/outside and take pics back down the valley we had ... read more

Today is our second day in Bergen, and because we are staying in town, our only tour for the day was a city tour with a local guide at 9:30AM. This allowed us a well needed late sleep and we set the alarm for 7:30 for plenty of time to relax and have a good breakfast before our 9:30 tour. Unfortunately, we left the hotel room windows opens and someone dumped a bunch of glass bottles into the dumpster at 7:00 and woke us both up. Oh well, it was a good plan at least to sleep late. Breakfast was great and we puttered around the room until the tour started. We met up with out local tour guide, Liv who was born and raised in Bergen and has lived here all her life. She was ... read more

Hello everyone We are in Bergen Norway now and in 2 hrs we fly to Copenhagen. The pictures yo will see are from when we left Geilo ski resort to our time in Bergen,the scenery from Geilo was beautiful and had a liittle snow on the peaks. In Bergen we went on the Finnicular rail and brought back memories of when we travelled with Wok and Lyn 5years ago.stunning views. We went on the Flam scenic rail trip which was stunning and then spent 2 hrs on a cruise down the Sognefjord the deepest of its kind in Norway. During the cruise we saw the UNESCO world heritage listed Naeroyfjord as well as the Aurlandsfjord which was amazing. Enjoy the pictures We will meet again in Copenhagen Love KS... read more

The three of us woke up from a night full of sleep. Shelley was the first to get ready and headed down to the lobby for breakfast. Kristine and I tagged along not too long afterwards. Breakfast was AWESOME!! I have to say, for the both of us, that this was the BEST breakfast we’ve ever had in ANY hotel we’ve ever stayed in thus far. There were eggs, loafs of fresh baked bread we had to cut to size ourselves, yoghurt of various kinds, fruit, cheeses, smoked salmon, turkey sausages with onions, meatballs, mushrooms with spinach, fresh cut and fried potatoes, jams, cereals, juices….I can’t even remember how much variety they had. Cold cuts, miniature smoothies…I should capture this on a video tomorrow. We’re already looking forward to breakfast tomorrow. After breakfast we walked about ... read more