Tuesday dawned cloudy and gray as most of the days in Bergen have been. That was OK as we are used to that living in the Seattle area. However, today would be different as we were going to board the cruise ship that would take us up the coast of Norway. We were ready for the change. According to the information we had received, we were to check in around noon. The cruise company, Hurtigruten, didn’t want people to show…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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There are a number of great museums in the Seattle area. From the Seattle Art Museum to the Museum of History and Industry, the area is blessed with a wealth of interesting places to visit. One museum that is a little off the beaten trail is the Nordic Museum in the Ballard area. This museum celebrates the history and culture of the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries, or as some would say the Scandinavian countries, are located in northern Europe.…
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