Bergen, Norway

Friday allowed for some great exploration of Bergen with it 13th century buildings, famous art collection, and enjoyable parks; definately the highlight of the trip. In an epic return home, I left Bergen at midnight, arrived in Oslo at 7 in the morning, caught a plane for Seattle, and was home thirteen hours later.


The cost of meals and everything else was very expensive; think US$4 can of coke or a US$20 McDonalds meal but when in Norway there are a couple of must-have meals. These included poached salmon and reindeer, both of which were fantastic, despite thoughts of a certain red-nosed creature.


This was the view from a point accessible from a nearly-vertical cable car called a floibanen to a 340 meters above the city. We got there as the sun was setting as a full, almost nuclear, brillant red. A fifteen year resident of Bergen said he had never seen it as brillant as that night.




There were many of these alley ways within the older portions of the city. One item I really enjoyed were the large number of walking routes through the city, mostly old cobblestoned roads which had been converted for pedestrians.