Bergen, Norway

Trip Start Jun 15, 2008
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Trip End Aug 22, 2008


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Flag of Norway  , Western Fjords,
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We got into Bergen this morning around 8am. It was gorgeous watching the ship pull into port at 5am as the sun rose. Once getting off the ship, I literally got on my knees and touched the ground...it felt so good to be stable for the first time in 9 days. Bergen is beautiful...very historic and bustling. It is pretty cold and the weather is bipolar. When we got off the ship, it was about 50 and sunny...within an hour it was a downpour...then twenty minutes later I was in a tee shirt...and within another hour it was another downpour...my umbrella has come in very handy! We explored Bergen for a while, just checking out shops and stuff and then I got lunch at the Bergen Fish Market, which is very cool! I tasted whale meat (Norway is the only place that still does whaling) and it tastes a bit like beef jerkey, haha. For lunch I had a burger...but not just ANY burger, a MOOSE burger. It was actually very good! After getting lost in the sketchier part of Bergen and getting caught in a torrential downpour, I found my way to this internet cafe from where I write. I love this city. Tomorrow I will most likely be taking a tour of fjords and the day after I have a train trip around Bergen.
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larissa553
larissa553 on Jun 24, 2008 at 04:48PM

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I should be mad at you for eating a moose, but I can forgive you. I would probably want to try it, and whale for that matter, if I were given the chance. :) Sounds like a lot of fun. What have your classes been like so far?

pete9883
pete9883 on Jun 25, 2008 at 11:39PM

JEALOUS
I know that feeling of loving the ground after awhile...although it still feels like you're moving! I hope you're still enjoying being at sea all the same. Moose is GOOD. You should try caribou. *mouth waters* okay now I have to go home and eat. Haha. I MISS YOU!

pete9883
pete9883 on Jun 25, 2008 at 11:39PM

Re: JEALOUS
(This is Stephanie by the way! As if you couldn't tell...)

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