We woke up to sunshine today. As I understand it, this city, the 2nd largest in Norway, doesn’t really get that much of it, so we were lucky. The city center was probably a kilometer away, but there were no taxis to be found, so Neesh decided to hoof it. We just took stops here and there to not push it. In the Bryggen section are some extremely old wooden warehouses, built in 1702.
The old warehouses
We finally made it down to the pedestrian mall, which was all closed up given it was Sunday (oops). It was a worthwhile destination in itself, though, just for the sights.
Center of the plaza
Sadly there’s a McDonald’s in this plaza, the first one we saw. Our trip was now ruined. 
A small part of the fish market
So we were now buying stuff to use up our supply of Norweigian Kronas, including souvenirs, lunch, more humongous raspberries and some blueberries, and another expensive round of drinks. This time, however, I found an amazingly delicious beer called Ø Porter. So I said to the bartender “O Porter” and she looked confused. “Ah, you mean uhh.” Oh, ok, that’s how you pronounce that, as in the oo in look. We sat in the sun, which had been in and out all day and had a fine time.
Ø is Norweigian for yummy
We explored a couple alleys in the old warehouse area, which was pretty neat and in some places quite dark.
A lighter alley
So we attempted to spend our last 68 Krona, and of course, anything we liked was 69 so we gave up. More coins for the collection. We took a shortcut through a park complete with a fortress and castle. No energy to do that today, Neesh’s legs were pretty much spent.
Castle and gate
Fortress
Back to the ship, and we sailed, sadly saying goodbye to Norway. It is an amazing place. The people were great and the scenery was beyond belief. I would definitely love to come back here some day. I’m just not sure Neesh will let me drive.
Sweet!
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