Carol's Travels

This afternoon we were a part of three bus loads of ship passengers who left the ship to take a tour of Geiranger with Trollstigan Pass.
We traveled over winding mountain passes on this warm sunny day.  It is unusual to have sunny hot weather in Norway.  I was impressed by their beautiful waterfalls.
I was also impressed by their tall waterfalls.A thatched roof house

At the end of the tour, we had dinner at a hotel.  Afterward, we walked to the dock and watched our ship come in.  Of course, we boarded it.

This morning we rode on the bus for about an hour to visit a salmon fish farm.  We were served a delicious lunch of Traditional Norwegian Fish soup.  Yum!
Then we took a motorboat ride our to the enclosed areas where they raise the salmon. Afterward, we came back to the coffee shop again where they served a crepe with jam for each of us.  There was a museum upstairs that neither Paul nor I visited.  We just enjoyed sitting outside on this lovely day.
As I walked up the hill from the fish farm to the bus, I was struck by the beauty all around us.Salmon Fish Farm
M/S Nordnorge Hurtigruten Coastal Voyage Ship leaving Bergen, and we begin our voyage! 

This morning we walked approximately a mile to the Fisheries Museum.  On the way we walked through picturesque neighborhoods by the water.We passed by this tunnel that only cyclists can use.  Bicycling is encouraged.  We saw an automatic counter that had counted 82 bicycles passing so far this morning.When we arrived at the Fisheries Museum, we were given a guided 2-hour tour of the three floors of displays.  This is a grenade harpoon whale gun from the 1930’s.

After the tour, we were served a delicious lunch which included homemade rolls, a gourmet main course, and a square of cake topped with whipped cream.We were then given a treat of a special performance by Alexander.  He played traditional music on three beautiful folk violins.  He had won first place yesterday in a folk violinists’ competition in Bergen.  

We returned to the hotel, then later most of the group rode the city bus with our guide to the university teaching hospital that specializes in burns.  Melissa knows a male nurse who works at the hospital.  He told us all about this hospital.  Then he took three members of our group who are doctors or nurses to show them the ER.  When they all returned to our group, we found out that he had volunteered four different times in disaster and war zones.A few of us got off the bus a stop or two early so that we could walk through the fish market.  We then walked by these picturesque stores and restaurants to our hotel.