Bergen

Pulled up in Bergen, the second biggest city in Norway, with a population of around 300,000 (excluding cruise ships).
One of Bergen's features is rain. It rains on average 240 days a year. Today was one of them.
We had a bus and walking tour this morning and discovered Bergen burned down several times - about every 70 years on average. Some of the buildings have 3 dates on them corresponding to construction and reconstruction. We saw an old church that has had a few incarnations depending on fires and Catholic/Lutheran predilection of the rulers.
In the afternoon, we took the funicular up one of the surrounding mountains for an impressive view and recreation area.
There's a lot of tourists here. Apparently, the locals hate cruise ships. Oh well...Read more