Jeff and I somehow scheduled two nights/days in Bergen before our next excursion. Our hotel room here is just about the best we have had. Roomy with high ceilings and comfortable bed. The sink even drains! We look out over the rooftops with a view of the funicular that goes up one of the steep mountains that surround the port. Bergen gets rain 80% of the year and evidently we missed the few sunny days. But it isn't cold and we brought our raincoats and umbrella. After our long and exhausting day on the mountains and fjords, we were glad to have a couple of days to recuperate.
So we slept late, went down to breakfast, napped and later took a stroll to have some fish lunch from the stalls at the docks and enjoyed a coffee while looking out at the rain. We also did some laundry.
We are catching up on the blog, catching up on the news from home and watching tv. Very mundane, but relaxing. Sadly it's really hard to communicate by text or call with all you loved ones at home because we are 9 hours ahead of you. Mostly when it's day here it's night there and visa versa. But we are missing you all.
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| The view from our hotel room over the rooftops |
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| Watching tv in English with Norwegian subtitles. Lots of NCIS, Big Bang and Two and a Half Men |
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| Laundry day. Our Eddie Bauer and LL Bean camp shirts dry fast! |
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| Bergen Harbor view. Bergen is on the west coast of Norway |
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| The funicular goes way up the hill with a spectacular view. |
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| Harbor ships |
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| Panorama of the harbor--pretty dark day |
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| Guild houses across the harbor |
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| Fish lunch for sale |
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| The fish salesmen |
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| Ready for the rain--and a fish lunch! |
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| Building near our hotel, note all of the cobblestone |
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| View thru the raindrops of the fish market. |
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| Budweiser is imported - an exotic beer?? |
After a restful night and more napping we ventured out to find lunch and explore a little. We walked around the harbor, ducked into a bar and the woman there took us around the corner to her friend's restaurant. She said it would be delicious and cheap and it was both. The owner was an Ethiopian woman and the food was vegan and really delicious. We ate with our fingers and with the bread that was provided. Then we got a cup of coffee and a cookie and continued our walk to the area called Bryggen. It's a world heritage site because of the age and identity of the guild houses on the harbor. They are all painted different colors and stand out dramatically against the gray sky and sea and green hills. We enjoyed the fresh air, people watching, souvenier shops and scenery. Occasionally we would have a sun break, but mostly we were dodging showers. Finally we retreated to our little room to do crosswords, watch Big Bang and get ready for another excursion tomorrow. We are leaving our big bags at this hotel and only taking the minimum in our backpacks.
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| Delicious vegan Ethiopian food |
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| Don't know who this is, but it's a nice statue |
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| World famous street |
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| Guild buildings |
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| All the streets around the harbor had brightly colored and well maintained storefronts. Even McDonalds |
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| One of these guys didn't mind getting wet. |
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