Blogs from Bergen, Western Norway, Norway, Europe - page 14

Bergen to Kirkenes - the half part of our cruise with Hurtigruten Thursday 31st May 2012 Fred and Lorraine left a little earlier than us as they wanted to take the funicular up Mt Floyen and we hadn't made up our minds on where we wanted to go. We walked around the old buildings near the YMCA and then came across the entrance of the funicular train, a long line of people waiting. Rags hates waiting in queues so we decided to walk up to the peak using the paths, stairs and roadway shown on our map. It was only 320m above sea level but the zig-zag course made it well over an hour before we finally reached the summit. Both of us were pleased with ourselves, even if we were warm and a little footsore, ... read more

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Today we did a massive hike (approx 15kms) from Mount Ulriken to Mount Foyen which surround Bergen to the East. It was hard going, up and down and around other mountains, on rocky and muddy terrain. But the views were spectacular and it was a good way to spend the day - being a Saturday there were heaps of locals also doing the walk - some hiking like us, but other were running and some mountain biking (don't know how on earth they would have got up and down some of the tracks - we had to climb like monkeys up and down the mountain face in some parts!). At the top of Mount Ulriken there was a fantastic view of the whole area and the surrounding islands, but best of all (as it was a ... read more

You know the guy who said the best laid plans of mice and men etc. That was today’s adventure. Plan A booked and PAID FOR was ship docked at 7:00, off the ship at 7:30, taxi to RR Station and pick up tickets by 8:10, train at 8:40, bus, boat ride to FLAM, steam train to Myrdal, train back to Bergen. Day dawned with brilliant blue sky and found out that the ship would not arrive until 8:00. OK, a bit tight but was assured that there would be plenty of taxis available. There were about 12 of us doing one or another version of the trip but we all had to catch the 8:40 train. Roy, Donna and I were first in line to disembark but …….. There were no taxis on the pier. We ... read more

Na cestu jsme vyrazili o pul seste rano, bez problemu se dostali na letiste, kde nas cekalo nase prvni dobrodruzstvi. Pred nastupem do letadla nas kontrola zastavuje s otazkou, zda mame v batozine nejaky plyn. Vzhledem k tomu, ze planujeme kempovat mame. Tentokrat jsem si stranky letecke splolecnosti nezkontrolovala a bezmyslenkovite ho sbalila a hned dva. Nemuzeme tedy nastoupit do letadla, ale musime pockat az nam batozinu donesou a bombu s plynem vybrat. Kdyz nam batoh prinasi, divim se se, protozesi nepamatuji, ze jsme balili plyn do tohoto zavazadla ale do druheho. Peto si vsak vzpomina, ze jsme nakonec vzali bomby dve a kazda je v jinem zavazadle. Oni si te druhe - vetsi vubec nevsimli, my se vsak priznavame. A tak pracovnik letiste bezi k letadlu hledat druhy batoh, zatimco my se prohrabavame batohem. Ja ... read more