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Av EvaLena Hallgren - 21 augusti 2022 08:08

Good morning, It's Sunday morning and we just woke up at a marina surrounded by mountains and looking over a fjord.

We went for an evening walk to catch the gorgeous sunset 9.20 pm

     

We are now hooked up to power so I can tell you about Bergen an interesting fact is  It rained every day from 29 October 2006 to 21 January 2007: 85 consecutive days, so I guess we were very lucky to spend a little time with the sunshine there.

Whenever you see pictures from Bergen it is The Bryggen area - one of Bergen's main attractions - consists of a series of commercial buildings that line the eastern side of the fjord in Bergen. Its architecture is unique and since 1979, it has been listed by UNESCO as one of the world's most significant examples of the history and culture of a medieval settlement. The administrative buildings of Bryggen housed clerks from many areas, especially Germany. The warehouses were filled with goods, particularly fish from Northern Norway, and cereal from Europe.

  

We walked along the harbor and Mom was itching to ask how this boat got its name, but the captain seemed busy so we still can only guess. Mom thinks it must have been a very bloodthirsty viking.


 


Some boats are very colorful and this ship has the colors of the hockey team in Moms hometown

made her smile

 


Graffiti can also be very colorful and artistic

 


At the dock there was a market, and what did they sell? fish ofcourse 

Bergen has been a centrum for trading in fish since its foundation in 1070. Today all major seafood companies have headquarters here.

In 2018, Norway’s aquaculture industry reached an all-time high, as seafood export reached 99 billion NOK. This was equal to a total of 37 million seafood meals for the world’s growing population.

Monster crabs and monster claws 

       



This dried stuff is not very tasty according to Mom

 


Moose and reindeer meat is also on the market, and I would have loved a taste of that, but Mom didn't buy any.

She says we cook our own food in Lucy because Norway is very expensive.

 


During its history, Bergen has experienced many fires and around a quarter of the buildings now date back to the time after 1702, when the older wharf-side warehouses and administrative buildings burned down. The rest predominantly consists of younger buildings, although there are some stone cellars that date back to the 15th century.

Notice the facade of one building under reconstruction? The tarp covering was painted to look like the others.

Guess they don't want to spoil the tourists pictures 

     

The tourist brochure says

"Bryggen is a fascinating honeycomb of workshops – where painters, weavers, and craftsmen produce fine-quality, original items".....................We only saw lots of the usual souvenir shops with trolls that have become super expensive to fleece the tourists of course.   Bryggen also has a wide selection of places to eat and museums telling the story of Bryggen and Bergen. ( all with no dogs allowed signs)

   

This looks like a mine we thought, no sign telling about it so we guessed it's a war thing


Even the manhole covers were artfully decorated 

 


 


After a few hours, we had enough of this and continued north still following the coastline where it was possible.

We went through many tunnels again and now Mom found out many aren't free and there are cameras that take pictures of Lucy's plates so I suppose Mom will get a nice bill after all this 

The landscape is getting more beautiful with every mile so we make many stops. We again spent the night surrounded by mountains and a brook bubbling next to us.

Mom wanted to bring this boulder home, she said it'll make a gorgeous table..............hahaha 

   


The water coming off the mountains are crystal clear but do not drink it

Fjord water is brackish, salt water from the ocean mixes with the water melting from glaciers.

The light blue colors in the fjords come from glacier water and have nothing to do with algae. The water in the glaciers has a high mineral content, and you can sometimes see the sediment particles with your own eyes if you fill a water bottle with it.

All this sediment gives the water a light blue color, and sometimes the glacier water can color a big part of the fjord to be light blue. This is not actually the case, because, in reality, only the top layer is glacial water, but it looks light blue nonetheless.

     


The Norweigan roads are good but extremely narrow in places and unfortunately, Lucy got to feel it. Coming around a curve we met a small car that did not want to yield and we were on the outside so Mom directed Lucy a tad too far to the right so she got scratched a little on the barrier. (good thing there WAS a barrier there)

It's ok, no human or dog got hurt

 



Another obstacle on the roads is sheep. Mom said she has never seen sheep "galloping" but this bus driver showed no mercy just pushing them ahead.

   


A third obstacle is cows on the road and this boy loved the scratching pole a lot.


 


 We thought this was super cool and had no problem waiting until they walked off the road on their own, but cars behind us weren't amused at all and started to blow their horns................how rude 


 


This area has many waterfalls and the biggest is Huldefossen which is situated in a beautiful sight set in an unspoiled cultural landscape. Now I got an opportunity to run loose for a while.................yippeeee

   

The path to get there was gorgeous and many gates to keep the cows in but I suppose they were not awake yet, or I'm pretty sure I would have been on a lead

 

 

     

We walked right up to the fall but since I hate to get wet I stayed back.

Mom didn't think this bridge was safe because there was a sign "Not safe to cross for horses"  hahaha 

I told her she's not as heavy as a horse...............yet ................there goes the treat 

   


Continuing on we had to get on several ferries 

     

 

The yellow houses here in Norway are as common as the red houses in Sweden

 

 

This little one had a for sale sign but the location wasn't great since there was crossroads for main roads

 

 

 


We like the colorful houses a lot this is a storage house for grain


For some strange reason, Mom has been sleeping later than usual this past few mornings. At 5am (the usual waking hour) it was heavy rain, so Mom rolled over and said

"we're not driving over the mountain until the rain stops"

and it's now 9am and it has stopped and there's a ray of sunshine, sure hope it lasts.


         



The supermarket sells shrimp by kilo, and these shrimps have a lot more flavor than the kind we're used to.

These are boiled on the boat coming back to shore

really????


   



This boat is in the harbor where we're staying now.

 

We have to get more propane for Lucy and soon the store will open and after that's taken care of we'll continue on north to the next gorgeous sight.


All is well 

Henry













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