Quality Hotel Edvard Grieg Hotel & Suites Bergen

... for the price of two if booking is done far enough in advance - my advice is that moderate priced hotels are very good value so do not waste significant resources on higher grade places), clean, supply breakfast with the room tariff and have with well trained staff who are rather helpful. Unfortunately, hotel staff have such a wonderful grasp of the English language (including quaint American and English slang expressions ...

... most everyone smokes! haha. I so blend in....in fact, most people speak to me first in Norwegian....but I am easily accomodated when I ask them for English. When they ask where we are from.....I am pleased to say Canada, as always.....we get a good nod.<br><br>This area reminds me alot of Northern Canada except less populated. Lots of greenery, lakes and rivers. It was raining again.....but bursts of sunshine would happen and it was so pristine. it wasn`t like ...

... event being held for the 55th time this year having first been organized in 1948. The Walk is 30km long and has a total ascent of around 2400m. Today, the 'Bergen Turlag' (Bergen Hiking Association) stages the event along with 'Bergens Tidende'- Norway's 4th largest newspaper. Starting Cards are available at the Hiking Club, most Sports Shops and can be brought at Gravdal. When referring to the Seven Mountains Range as a group, you can also ...

... and they even sell every kind of fur skin you can think off. There happened to be a Food Festival on on the other side of the port which was fantastic. Even saw the Mayor give a speech . Was a fantastic atmosphere and the locals on the stalls are all happy for you to try their products and tell you about them. Was nice to try real Norwegain food as have felt deprived on all the tours of true local food. Speciality Norwegian ...

... town"? Ok, Kate...) Whatever, it was pretty. Even the pothole covers were decorated! I visited the fish market and had a taste of everything - including whale! Everything was great, and obviously very fresh. Basically, I spent a lot of time just walking around. OH, I also went on a bit of a wild goose chase trying to track down a travel adapter. It seems that the ones that I ordered over the ...

Norway is beautiful. We traveled 100 miles northeast of Bergen by bus, ferry, and train to experience the Norwegian ...

... fish market to try some whale meat, craw daddy's, and reindeer. I feel like we saw the entirety of Bergen after the first five hours because after the fish market, we traveled up the funicular (think "flying elevator") to the top of the local mountain and hiked down, which offered a picturesque view of the entire city, including many trolls to take pictures of (which happen to be a staple of Norway, since rumors breed during the winter weeks where there was more "night ...

... helicopter with five cameras strapped under neath it. The movie actually shows you the full size of the glacier that we could only see the tip of on the ground. It also shows a lot of other glaciers all over Norway. The rest of the museum is like an interactive glacier science lab. you get to play with some interesting exhibits. Then it is back on the bus, back to the port for our return journey to Bergen. I really enjoyed the day but at the back of my brain ...

... to be able to circle the island and get back in time... it was so beautiful to be out on the water... saw some jellyfish, some starfish and tons of mussels and birds... it was a pain in the ass getting out there and back but we had such a great time... oh and speaking of getting out there, while we were waiting for the bus at the terminal i was standing close to the end of the ´platform´and a bus was puling out and ...

... airports in the greater London area, although it's a good ways out of the city. It's a good thing they have the express train because any other way out there would take well over an hour, maybe an hour and a half even. The airport is dominated by RyanAir, which is the one I took to fly to Haugesund, Norway. I had heard a lot about RyanAir. Their fares are amazingly cheap (often the taxes and fees are more than the fare) and they fly ...