Blogs from Bergen, Western Norway, Norway, Europe - page 5

England continued to spoil us with great weather right through until we left. We filled in our remaining time walking and finding a few new places and walks. Also went up to London to help, in a small way, Alex and Kevon move into their new flat. Nice to see where they will spend the next year at least and they are both not too far away from their respective hospitals. A couple of meals in country pubs ended our brilliant time in England before leaving Pete and Helens and departing there on Thursday the 2nd August. Its nice to think that we will catch up with them in NZ over Christmas/New Year. Norway greeted us with our 2 lovely granddaughters holding signs of welcome dancing at the entrance to arrivals in Bergen. It is so ... read more

All in all we spent five nights in Norway, travelling from one side of the country to the other and then back again further north. Our first stop was in Oslo, and then we had part of a morning's respite north of the Telemark area where we had a much too short visit to the Vemork Museum, learning about heavy water and the history of the plant that was blown up in WWII. This is an amazing museum; our young guide, Simon, was an exceptional teacher. Most of our group wanted to spend more time here as those who knew about this plant were fascinated by the information offered, and those of us who hadn't known about heavy water wanted to learn more. But on this tour there was never enough time; we always had to ... read more

Hi All Arrived last night in Bergen,quite late. Spent the whole day exploring Bergen,has a population of approx 231 thousand people. Bergen is often descr8bed as capital of the Fjords,founded in 1070,it was capital of Norway during the Middle Ages.it is set among 7 hills,and has one of the highest rainfalls in Norway. Went on the Mount Florence funicular,it climbs over 300m in 8mins,the scenery was stunning. Tommorrow we leave for Oslo staying 1night. Enjoy the photos... read more

Mother nature obtained some revenge for the nice to perfect weather we have been experiencing. While not a total wash out, yet close, Bergen is marred by light, and fairly constant drizzle. This comes as no surprise to us as Bergen averages a maximum of sixty sunny days per year. After the very long day at the Pulpit Rock we had reduced our itinerary here, which became even more truncated with the rain. While disappointing, we are thrilled this did not occur yesterday at The Rock. And the rain did not preclude our planned lunch at the fish marked. We are sending this post out of order as Prekestolen will be much longer, and we are simply savoring the pictures. Soon, so can you. Bergen is a very cute city with a long and powerful history. ... read more

Koko päivän oli voimassa Bergen-kortti. Moni paikka oli auki klo 11-15. Söin eväitä hotellin keittiössä, ihan yksin ja rauhassa. Pääsin liikkeelle ennen kymmentä. Kävin kalatorilla. Se oli vaatimaton ja moderni lasirakennus. Pullakahvit otin kahvilassa jossa myyjä toi pöytään kahvi ja muffinssin. Jatkoin bussilla kalastusmuseoon ja menin sinne heti kun se aukesi. Mieleen jäi kuivattu kala. Olin siellä liki tunnin. Museossa oli aika viileää eikä paljon väkeä. Bussilla takaisin pari pysäkinväliä. Kävelin linnoituksen läpi ja kävin katsomassa Haakon-hallin. Se oli tuhoutunut tulipalossa 1944 mutta korjattu kuntoon. Seuraavaksi oli vuorossa Bryggen. Ensin Mariakirken ja sitten Bryggenin museo. Otin museon kahvilassa kahvin ja vohvelin. Museoiden kiertely oli alkanut väsyttää. Vuorossa oli Fløyen eli rinneratikka vuorelle. Siellä olikin lunta ja sieltä näki hienosti koko kaupungin. O... read more