We took the train to Bergen Monday afternoon, seeing a few trolls along the way.
We arrived in Bergen at 3pm and so we had time to do the Rick Steves’ walking tour before dinner. We would repeat a large portion of the walking tour the next day in sunnier weather, but it was a good way to spend a few hours. Here are a few of the sights: the Sailor’s Monument showing Norway’s achievements in the ocean, a lion ornamentation near the Fish Market, a German mine turned into a tribute to World War I sailors, Megan with a moose and Megan with a remarkably ugly giant wooden cod.
I looked up the wooden cod on the web to try to find out more information. Evidently it is celebrating cod’s historical contribution to the Norwegian economy. One website also said that if you kiss the cod, you will have good luck when fishing for the rest of your life. Sadly we only found that out after already passing it by, so we’ll have to rely on regular luck for fishing.
This is our second to last day of the trip, so we decided to go out for dinner for the first time after home-cooking the rest of the trip. Leon found a nice restaurant called “Spisekroken” which I guess means “Eat Hook”? The food was really good. here are some pictures of our appetizers: (1) Mussel soup with pickled turnip, crispy jerusalem artichoke and coriander oil. (2) Trout from Hardanger with pickled vegetables, mustard flakes, salad with crème fraiche and trout caviar.
Then we were back to the apartment. It isn’t too far from the city center and it has a nice kitchen and living room with high ceilings and big windows. Megan has to sleep on the sofa, but this is the first place so far where she hasn’t had her own bed. Tomorrow we are spending the whole day in Bergen and then flying out the following day (Wednesday).
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