on saturday we had breakfast in one of the many Deli de Luca
and afterwards went past towards the Domkirke, passed the Opera building
and the headed towards the Akershus Fortress were we took a stroll.
we went back into the city, passing by the Parliament bulding
and stopped at Karl Johans Gate for lunch, with a view of the Royal Palace
afterwards, we went through the Royal Palace's gardens to the Bogstadveien,
towards the Frogner Park, where all the Vigeland Park sculptures are
after enjoying the view, we went to spend the rest of the day in Aker Brygge
eating ice-cream, taking some sun and watching the sea at the Oslo Fjord
on sunday we left towards the Margaretakyrkan and the Trefoldighetskirken
afterwads, we crosssed the Karl Johans Gate again, past the National Theatre
and went to take a peak at the City Hall building and the Nobel Peace Center.
close by, we took the boat to the area of the Viking Ship Museum
after a stroll through the museum area, we came back to Aker Brygge,
where once again we enjoyed the sun and watched the boats and the sea
monday we left early by train in the Bergen line towards Myrdal
crossing the spectacular Hardangervidda plane (with snow and everything)!
in Myrdal, we took the Flåmsbana (impressive engineering work)!
and spent the remainder of the day at the end of the fjord, in Flåm,
were there is nothing else to do except enjoying the fantastic landscape
on the next day we woke up with the Sognefjord in our bedroom window!
and stayed in the sunlight, while we waited for the train.
we wend back up in the Flamsbana towards Myrdal (back to the snow)
and there we took the train to Bergen, to complete the journey!
arriving in mid afternoon, we went to the typical Pepes for a pizza for lunch
(at 5 pm, when many noruwegians were already having their dinner)!
afterwards we went to the Johaneskirken in a typical wooden houses' area,
went past the Bergen Museum and the Botanical Garden
and came down to the Lille Lungegårdsvannet before going back to the hotel
we left in the morning towards the Market and the Tourism Centre
and stopped at the harbour for breakfast in the sun,
afterwards we too the Fløibanen to the viewpoint over the city
from where, after meeting a Troll, we came back down
into the typical wooden houses area in the harbour
we kept going to the Bergenhus Fortress where we had lunch
afterwards we came back to the central area with the wooden houses,
that we crossed to the Aquarium and the surrounding gardened area
and wentto the hotel through the harbour, on the oposite side of the fortress
thursday we still took a stroll through the city before shipping out,
we went to the Cross Church and the Bergen Cathedral
and came back to the Market where we had fresh seafood for lunch.
and finally we went to the peer where we took the Hurtigruten ship
and where a mega buffet with all kinds of seafood was awaiting us!!
it was well worth it, I hear it was a fantastic birthday!
after a nigh of still adapting to the noise and ship motion,
we had breakfast in Ålesund and, during the first half of the day,
went through the Storfjorden heading towards the Geirangerfjorden
while the mist layer above the water would slowly disappear
and the mountains would grow and close in towards the ship!
we finally landed in the town of Geiranger
to come back by bus, through the several viewpoints in the area.
we boarded the ship back in Ålesund, but not without having before gone
to the top of the Aksla for a spectacular view of the town and the atlantic
almost at the sunset!
saturday we arrived to Trondheim in the morning, where we left the ship
and, after leaving our stuff at the hotel, next to the train station and the peer,
we went into the town, passing through the pedestrian street of Nordre Gate
we went to the Market Square and from there to the Nidaros Cathedral
after having lunch by the Nidelva we went up to the Kristiansten Fortress,
past the Old Bridge and the old wooden warehouses
and after one more icecream in the sun we came back to the hotel,
first stopping at the train station to buy a certain ticket...
sunday was a long day back, spent in transportation...
it started early leaving Trondheim for the train trip (7 hours),
through landscapes filled with snowy mountains and endless lakes,
in the middle we had 4 hours of waiting at the airoport (very boring)...
and finally we arrived in Darmstadt in the evening, ready to go sleeping!
it was a fantastic trip filled with grand landscapes,
and always lucky to have the sun and warm weather following us!!
