Day 2 in the big Bergen house

 

The day dawn as it had ended and carried on through the night, raining!!!

I had an early breakfast (6.30am) and then decided to go back to my room and watch a film for a couple of hours just to let the city come to life.

I finally headed out and toward The Bryggen, however I was distracted by a department store which had lots of 'pretties'. I'm not sure why I am tormenting myself with this as .

1. I cannot carry any of them home safely.

2. I possibly would have to sell a kidney or remortgage my house to get some of the things I had my eye on.

3.I'm not allowed to buy anything else until I clear some more things in the house already.

I do love to look though, and there were some beautiful things today.

These candlesticks and the cocktail set being favourites, closely followed lots of  le Creuset!!

The rain was showing no sign of letting up so I just carried on walking, The Bryggen is made up of wooden buildings on wooden foundations, these are all now souvenir shops, bars or cafes. Perfect for the tourists.

Walking on I came to Bergenhus Fortress which is located at the start of Bergan harbour it is the oldest and best preserved fortifications in Norway,

The grounds were beautiful and I imagine in sunshine would be an absolute jewel.

Heading back to The Bryggen, I wandered up through the alleys 

And I was just in time to see the fabulous  3 masted Stratsraad Lehmkuhl which was built in 1914, leave on a 1 year sailing expedition

 There was also a whaling vessel in the harbour, I had never truly imagined the size of a vessel like this, it was huge.

by this time I was feeling very hungry and so looked for somewhere for lunch.

All I will say is that I am on Santas naughty list.

The restaurant was very grand  and a tad spendy, but when in Norway......

I then wandered back to the hotel to have a nap, I'm very tired at the moment and so trying to get as much rest as possible.

About 6pm, I headed back out to get some dinner,  and a quick peep in the shops, didn't really fancy these,

back to hotel stopping off in reception for a cup of mint tea, and a browse through their library, and there in a book about Bergen was the ship that I first took to Norway back in 2004.

please note its not the green, blue or black one , but the white one at the back, Fjordline which is no longer in existence.

Early night as a busy day today.