Yesterday (as I write) was very much a day for having a good wander round Bergen. Once again we have been a bit limited due to nothing much opening on Mondays or Tuesdays. Nevertheless we had an outline (and flexible) plan.
First up was a slow wander into Bergen centre – it takes around 20 minutes at a gentle pace and is all you might expect from busy tourist focussed port. Lots of excursions, ferries and a couple of the huge cruise liners. Our aim was the funicular up to Floy – we can see the peak from our apartment so it made sense to go up there to pick out the apartment. A short queue when we arrived was delta with quickly and we were up there in no time.
Once up at the summit and after having a wander about to the small lake we decided to walk back down to Bergen. Quite steep, as you might imagine, though very zig-zag. Our aim was the Mariakirk which we knew to be open – however at the time we arrived (noon) there was a funeral in progress so closed to the public.
Since we were close to the small boat across to ‘our’ peninsula we headed back this way and decided on lunch at the nice Italian restaurant – excellent pasta too! We walked back up to the apartment, resented for a short while then headed out again.
I have no photos of the next bit – too busy! For context – I am a member of a group on Facebook relating to Interrail travel for the older crowd. It has been invaluable in planning trips like last years and is a nice friendly focussed place. I mentioned I would be in Bergen and the founder of the group said she would be here too so we planned to meet up. The really wierd bit is that Mel is a former work mate from 35+ years ago – not that I knew until last week!
So we met up – had a long chat about all sorts of stuff and no, since she is here for 2 more days, may well hook up again.
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