When we arrived at the train station in Bergen mid-afternoon on Tuesday we had Google directions to our hotel, but Google had messed-up enough on the print-out that we made several false moves and only arrived at our destination after asking for directions 3-4 times! But, the sun was shining and we enjoyed the city.
One of our
must-do experiences -- according to the guidebook -- was to take the "Vernicular rail" to the top of the hill overlooking the city. Once "up on top" we took a hike through a forested area that reminded us a lot of Douglas firs in Oregon! After my insistence that we take a little-used trail (and depart from what Nancy figured was the obvious route on a gravel road) we arrived at a nice lake.
Prior to seeing the view of the city we had taken an English tour-with-guide of Bryggen (old Bergen from the 1300's onward). The tour included reconstructed buildings, along with some original portions of them, to depict what life was like during the merchant days of the old Hanseatic League. The picture below gives a view both of the many tourists in Bryggen, and also some of the reconstructed buildings.
During our tour I asked Nancy to pose by a large wooden sculpure of a codfish -- one of the main export items during 3-4 centuries following 1300. - rw
When we arrived at the train station in Bergen mid-afternoon on Tuesday we had Google directions to our hotel, but Google had messed-up enough on the print-out that we made several false moves and only arrived at our destination after asking for directions 3-4 times! But, the sun was shining and we enjoyed the city.
One of our must-do experiences -- according to the guidebook -- was to take the "Vernicular rail" to the top of the hill overlooking the city. Once "up on top" we took a hike through a forested area that reminded us a lot of Douglas firs in Oregon! After my insistence that we take a little-used trail (and depart from what Nancy figured was the obvious route on a gravel road) we arrived at a nice lake.
Prior to seeing the view of the city we had taken an English tour-with-guide of Bryggen (old Bergen from the 1300's onward). The tour included reconstructed buildings, along with some original portions of them, to depict what life was like during the merchant days of the old Hanseatic League. The picture below gives a view both of the many tourists in Bryggen, and also some of the reconstructed buildings.
During our tour I asked Nancy to pose by a large wooden sculpure of a codfish -- one of the main export items during 3-4 centuries following 1300. - rw
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Hurray for cross-country!
Will you be replacing your sofa with a large codfish sculpture in the near future?
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