While Jean G & Kathy were here, we all decided to go to Bergen by way of Sognefjord. You take a train from Oslo to Myrdal, another train from Myrdal to Flåm, and then a boat all the way to Bergen. At least, that's how it was supposed to work. The Thursday before we left, there was a huge train fire that shut down the middle and most beautiful part of the train trip. So, we had to get off the first train early and take a bus to Flåm. Jean G got a little sick on the bus but it all ended up okay and saved us $50 each.
Sognefjord is Norway’s longest and deepest fjord, extends more than 200 km inland to the foot of the Jotunheimen mountains. This area is said to be one of the most beautiful travel destinations in the world. And beautiful it was, as well as windy! We were on the boat for 5 hrs. Upon arriving in Bergen, we had pizza at Peppe's and then Kathy, Lucas, and Jean H rode the funicular up a mountain. It was a beautiful view. We watched the sun somewhat set at around 11:30pm.
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The next day we woke up to tour Bergen. We started at the old fortress area where we were given a good private tour of Hakon's hall and Rosenkrantz Tower. Next we wandered around the Hanseatic Quarter before taking a guided tour of that area as well. The Hanseatic league was a group of German traders who operated in Bergen for over 350 years. We learned about their life style and the fish trade on our tour. Afterwards we had lunch in the fish market before going to the train station. We hoped that the problems on the track would be fixed but sadly they weren't and we had to endure an even longer, more nauseous bus ride on the way back to Oslo before finally arriving at about 1am. Since it was June 19th is was almost the longest day of the year and though the sun had set, the sky was still very bright as we walked to our apartment from the bus stop.
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