Blogs from Bergen, Western Norway, Norway, Europe - page 9

What better way to spend a Friday night in Bergen than to go to a concert by Paul McCartney. Along with thousands of other people I swayed and danced to songs that covered his history of being one of the most iconic entertainers from the 60's and 70's with the Beatles and Wings. I, of course, was one of the back up singers, although he wasn't aware of it. There were only a few songs that I, and it appeared the rest of the audience, didn't know the words to. For over 3 hours he sang out Lennon/McCartney classics including Hey Jude, Love Me Do, Back to The USSR, and McCartney classics, including Band On the Run, Live and Let Die. Also a couple of George Harrison greats like Something, and so many others from these ... read more

Just a wee bit behind in my blogging so I’ll use paragraph headings so I can stay organized. To OLE BULL The flight from Toronto to Copenhagen was fine… I dozed just before landing. Saw a few good movies and watched the airplane tracking program on the screen (thought it would put me to sleep but no I just kept tracking the numbers to destination and so on). Connection to Bergen was quick and Ross and I and our luggage arrived in Bergen at 1:10 pm. Found our hotel after one error (an optical surgeon’s waiting room).Then we went out and got some cereal, milk and fruit (Norway is expensive –wow) since we had a kitchenette. Next a short 5 hour nap which mucked up the time change even more. Dinner across the street and watched ... read more

Today was supposed to be the big day that we were going to do the well-known “Norway in a Nutshell” tour route. You take several trains, a bus, and a ferry through the higher fjords but it takes about 12 hours round trip. The thought of another long day of planes, trains, and automobiles right before we fly home was suddenly not appealing. And, the forecast was calling for afternoon rain. We called an audible and swapped to a half-day fjord cruise that left from the harbor right by our hotel. It circled up into a closer fjord that may not be quite as majestic but it fit the bill. We had a lovely cruise and even had bright sun in the morning. On the way out of the Bergen Harbor, a whole family came out ... read more

In the small world category, while walking through the Pulpit Rock mountain lodge, we saw the woman from Michigan who picked her Volvo up the same day we did. She’s having a great trip and has driven and hiked all over Southern Norway and Sweden. What are the odds we’d happen to be at the same spot on the same day and bump into each other? We picked the right day to hike yesterday as today was very rainy. A good day to sit in a bus, hear the rain pitter patter and nap. The transport dance was required - bus back to ferry at Tau, ferry back to Stavanger to catch a 5.5 hour “Express Bus” to Bergen, where we spend our last 3 nights. This last bus takes you on two car-ferries so we ... read more

Norway in a nutshell... Mais pourquoi de l'anglais?! Blague à part, "Norway in a nutshell" est le nom d'un parcours entre Oslo et Bergen. Ce voyage alterne entre train et ferry. J'ai, pour ma part, opté pour l'option la moins cher(ceci dit la réservation m'a quand même coûté 100.-), c'est-à-dire un aller simple d'Oslo à Bergen. Un pass Interrail vous donne un rabais, toujours bon à savoir. Je suis donc parti d'Oslo en train jusqu'à Myrdal, il s'agit là de la partie montagneuse du trajet. Je suis ensuite descendu avec un autre train jusqu'à Flam, où j'ai pris un ferry à travers le fjord séparant Flam et Gudvangen. Un petit plus est que les trains s'arrêtent à certains points pour permettre la prise de photos. Une fois la virée en ferry terminée, j'ai voyagé en bus ... read more