Day 23 At the Airport

I am at the airport in Oslo waiting to board my first flight.
Got up very early and took the train to the airport.
Oslo has great public transportation!!

Day 22 Last Day in Norway

Today was my last day in Norway.
Once again I continue to eat lefse.
They sell it at all the small markets.
Another beautiful warm day in Oslo.
I went back to the Munch Museum.
I heard from Mitzi. She made it home.
I am getting up very early to catch the train
to the airport.
This has been a great trip with wonderful memories.
Hope you have enjoyed following our journey!!

Day 21 Mitzi Goes Home

Mitzi went home today. I had a very quiet day walking around Oslo.
I had dinner at the Opera House.
Once again beautiful warm weather.

Day 20 Back to Oslo

We left Bergen and the rain today. We traveled by train back to Oslo.
Mitzi is headed home tomorrow morning.
We had a nice dinner at the Opera House tonight.
This has been a great journey seeing Norway.
It is difficult to choose our favorite experience.
We have seen so many different parts of Norway.
More to come from Connie who has 2 more days in Norway.

Day 19: Back in Bergen

It was a rainy day in Bergen, but still fun to get around.  We went shopping the morning.  This is a view of our hotel from across the harbor.

The fish market is at the center of the harbor.  We're going there for dinner tonight.

Mitzi went out to see the composer Edvard Grieg's house in Troldhaugen, a little ways out of the city.

Everyday they have an afternoon concert by a famous Norwegian pianist.  This is a picture of the concert hall from the outside.

And this is the view from the inside.

Jens Harald Bratlie played today.  He is an acclaimed soloist and also plays with the Oslo trio.  The concert was a wonderful treat.

Day 18: Rain, Books, and Boats

The rain finally caught up with us in Balestrand, but we still had a great day.  

Connie's cousin's from Montana came into Balestrand. We had dinner with them last night.

Today we took a small ferry up to Fjaerland.

It was a very pretty 2 hour trip, even with the rain.

Fjaerland is also known as Bookbyen, which means book town.  How cool is that?

There are 10 bookstores in this tiny town.

It's quite an amazing place.

As usual, we found a great place for lunch.

Then we took the express Ferry back to Bergen.  We're back in our same wonderful waterfront room.

Day 17: Art in Balestrand and Vik

Balestrand is famous for the many artists who came here to summer since the 1800s.  The Kviknes Hotel has great examples of very old art as well as modern paintings in it's new wing.

There are various art installations around town.  This one is very close to our hotel.

Another interesting thing we've noticed is the chimneys.  Many have a flat piece of slate over the top and then a rock on top like the two in these photos.  There are many explanations for why the rocks are on top including keeping the slate from blowing away and scaring birds.  We think they are little art pieces in and of themselves.

We took the ferry this morning to a town called Vik with a Stave Church.  The Hopperstad Stave Church is one of only 28 remaining in Norway. This one was built in 1140.  Although the Viking era had come to an end, most of the people were still seafarers and made the ceiling like an overturned boat.  It was really an amazing building.

There were intricate carvings.

We also found out that there was medieval graffiti on some of the walls.  Not sure whose "tag" this, but we sure liked seeing it.