I'm a couple of days behind in entering on the blog because Internet can be kind of spotty across Norway, especially the more isolated areas. Although, I have been pleasantly surprised at how often the Internet has been completely free, a total contrast to Chicago and Philadelphic where they wanted us to buy access at several dollars for every 15 minutes!
Today we traveled between Stallheim and Bergen. Bergen is an amazing city and there is quite a bit of seafood for the entire country of Norway that is caught and sent out from this port, Our hotel was very close to the fish market on the wharf. We had lunch at a special restaurant picked out by Oevind, our guide. I fear I misspelled his name in an earlier post. It was really, really good and it was only the second time we were offerred a free alcoholic beverage during the past week. Pretty much the going rate for one glass of wine is around $10. Just before we were to leave Bergen on Thursday morning I finally found the liquor store (only place you can buy wine in Norway) but alas, it did not open until 10 and we were to be at the hotel prepared to leave by then!
We had time to do a little shopping and that was really fun in quaint and historic town. It is so rich in history and had such a nice ambience about it.
We bought fresh seafood for our evening meal in Bergen --- we had very, very fresh shrimp that were tasty. Pam and Megan also sampled some crab from the market. Unfortunately, Karrah was not feeling well so she took some time at this overnight to get some extra sleep.
It has been so nice to sample both the city life and the very, very rural areas, especially in the fjords where many of the homes seem very isolated. I haven't had a chance to get anymore pictures uploaded lately, so I think I'm going to update my posts and then add pictures. Most of the people in our tour group are flying on Sunday (July 4th) but we are not flying back until July 5th so hopefully Sunday will be my day to get organized with the pictures.
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