Viking ship museum
29. elokuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
4 relatively intact Viking ships excavated from burial mounds. All ocean going. Detail pics are of the steering board, aka "starboard." Notice it is on the right or starboard side of the ship. AlsoLue lisää
Stave church
29. elokuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Scandinavian rural church, known as stave churches. This one dating to the 13th century. I find these wooden buildings both haunting and starkly beautiful. The tower is much taller than I expect toLue lisää
Oslo Opera
29. elokuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
HearingTosca tonight. 4th row center! Lovely building that they claim is the only opera house in the world where people are invited to walk on the roof. Pics are of the exterrior and interior,Lue lisää
Up on the roof of the opera house
30. elokuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
What a view.
On the train from Oslo to Bergen
31. elokuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Almost 7 hours across southern Norway, partly above the tree line. Some beautiful scenery
Bergen
1. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Major port on Norway's west coast. Major Hanseatic league city. UNESCO World Heritage Site of buildings used by the league, last rebuilt about 1702, and still in use. City has both old and new inLue lisää
Mt Floyen
1. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
One of seven mountains surrounding Bergen. I rode the funicular up and walked down. The pics are a view from the top much like the overview of Bergen in a previous post. There are trolls and otherLue lisää
Bryggen
3. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
This is an update asnd expansion on part of the previous post about Bergen. Bryggen is the old Hanseatic League operation in Bergen, dating to the 14th century. Bergen, and these buildings, were theLue lisää
Mariakirken
4. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Church where the Anglican ministry in Bergen worships. I attended, and it turns out the the pastor of the Anglican congreagtin, Kirk Weisz, is a Presbyterian minister who went to Princeton seminary.Lue lisää
Bergen redux
4. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This is just a few final impressions of Bergen
Aboard the M/S Lofoten
5. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
This is the Hurtigruten cruise up the coast of Norway. Today is day one, and it's raining. The cruise lasts until Sunday. So I expect to have many posts. Most will need no comment as they are theLue lisää
Hjorundfjord
5. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The ship sails in to the end of the fjord and anchors for several hours. A tender ferries passengers to shore for various excursion or just to take a walk in the little town of Urke. See next post.
Urke
5. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Town at the end of the Hjorunfjord. I walked around the little town looking in every direction, taking too many pictures, and trying to imagine what it would look like on a clear day. Just imagineLue lisää
Approaching Trondheim
6. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
At about 15 knots. The sky is trying to clear behind us, but it still looks like rain ahead.
Trondheim
6. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Nice town. Statue of Viking king Olav in the square at the city center. An ice sculpture also also in the main square and its only the beginning of September. The old bridge into the old town, andLue lisää
Nidaros Domkirke
6. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The main cathedral in Norway. Pilgrimage site and burial place of king/saint Olav. Spectacular gothic building from the 12th century. They don't allow photography inside, so only one pic of the naveLue lisää
North of Trondheim
6. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Near Stokkness. A famous lighthouse marking the narrow channel. A fish farm along the way. And a sense of how narrow the channel gets, less than 150 feet at is narrowest, through an area that is quiteLue lisää
Time to rock and roll
6. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Off Buholmrasa. Passing the lighthouse that marks the end of the passage of water protected from the North Sea behind islands and the beginning of 2 hours of open ocean in a 53 year old ship with noLue lisää
Crossing the Artic Circle again
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
66 30 north. 7:09 AM. Marked by the open globe. The ship has a contest to guess the exact time, to the second, of crossing the arctic circle. I guessed 7:27:50. But I couldn't get the captain to slowLue lisää
Approaching Ornes
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
First sunny day since we left Bergen at the beginning of the cruise. The first pic is into the sun and is of Svartisen glacier. Others are along the way. The ship has tradition of a ceremony whereLue lisää
Approaching Bodo
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
North end of the railroad. From here on stops come more frequently. Pics are more of the amazing scenery.
Bodo domkirke
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Lofoton Island at Stamsund
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The ship's namesake. Just around sunset.
Aurora borealis
7. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Not much of a show tonight. Lights are faint and didn't dance. Hopefully there will be a better show to come.
Arriving Harstad at dawn
8. syyskuuta 2017, Norja ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Small town, brief stop. The last picture is the view from the bridge taken during a tour. We were between Harstad and Finsness



























































































































































Matkaaja
soo cool!