Discovering More Interesting Places in Bergen, Norway

Monday was our final full day in Bergen. it was a chance to see some of the things we had missed to this point. We wanted to take full advantage of our time so we were up and ready early in the day. Our first order of business was to figure out where we were going the next day to board our cruise ship. We mapped out the route we would take and then followed it. It turns out the…

Hiking Up to Fløyen’s Amazing Viewpoint Over Bergen, Norway

Bergen, Norway is surrounded by beautiful nature from the nearby hills and mountains to the water and surrounding islands. Bergen’s setting is amazing. To see it better one must get up high, and there are a number of places to do that. However, the most common means of doing so is hiking up the trail right out of the city on Mt. Fløyen. It is a common hike that many people take. Of course if one doesn’t want to hike…

Arriving in the Beautiful City of Bergen, Norway

Having experienced four days in Kenya on a safari, we were ready to move on to new adventures. For one thing we were ready to move. The safaris basically involved riding around in a Land Rover most of the day so there was little opportunity to move about. We were headed to Bergen, Norway and hoped that this would provide us with some opportunities to get out and get some exercise. We left Nairobi, Kenya at about 11:00 at night…