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Trondheim to Bergen
5 juni, Noorwegen
“You start dying slowly if you do not travel…” - Pablo Neruda (from Tony's sister. Pablo is a Nobel laureate)
Trondheim is quite a large town with a population of over 200,000 earning it a 3 hour stop. 0630 to 0930. We used the stop as our pre-breakfast exercise as our breakfast time is 9am. Funnily enough we were the only people ready to disembark. Around 7am the town is slowly getting started. We decide to head for the Nidaros Cathedral. It is huge; made of ornate grey stone. Its construction started in 1070 and the build took 230 years. Incredible.
From the cathedral there is a lovely walk around the edge of the River Nidelva, back to the docks.
Later in the day we stopped at Kristiansund, possibly not specifically for our evening walk. Lots of boats in the marina. Also a historic boatyard.
At our evening visit to the Deck 9 bar, Ursula noticed a change. “Here’s a new face.” Barman: “Not to me. I’ve had this one for 56 years.” Much laughter ensued.
The final day of the cruise seems to have rushed upon us. Things were swimming along beautifully until now. We’ll be sorry to leave the ship. Only short stops today until we reach Bergen at 1445. We had to vacate our cabins by 10am, but were still able to enjoy lunch and the relaxing lounges.
In Bergen Ursula chose our accommodation between the harbour and the railway station for tomorrow’s train to Flåm. Pronounced Flom because of the funny (to us) å character. Had some lovely exercise puffing up to the Park Hotel as it is on a hill. Immaculate room. Nice downhill stroll into town. Wandered through town to the waterfront which was very busy. Lots of yachts alongside. There doesn’t seem to be a club as the crews were all sitting happily drinking in their cockpits.
We found Dark and Stormy, a nice bar. Barman was Australian. Tony was feeling a little off (again) so opted for water despite the barman’s encouragement to cure the malaise with wine. Ursula enjoyed the ambience of the bar and couldn’t resist a refreshing wine. Light dinner after the rich seaboard menus. Tony's very light.Meer informatie
Reiziger How could you not go in?
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Love Neruda's poem and you're certainly experiencing all the highs and lows of travel ❤️ [Chara]