At the moment I’m
feeling quite celebratory. For the first time in weeks, the Fox managed a full
meal. The salmon fillet slipped down, along with the usual amount of peas. I
had reduced the potatoes a little bit but not by much. He managed to eat as
much as me. Maybe he’s finally getting back to eating more normally. He’s even
starting to enjoy his food.
The one place we
visited on our holiday which we saw rather more of, was Bergen. We stayed there
a few days on either side of the cruise. After our experience of Bergen last year, we bought & took waterproofs, leggings as well as tops. We did indeed
have one very wet day but that day we were so tired from our travelling that we
were both relieved to have an excuse to not go anywhere & just laze around
the hotel. Although it did rain some of the time after our cruise, the Fox was
at a stage in his illness he just slept through most of the day, barely aware of time passing, just longing to be
back in England, in his own bed & able to see & understand a doctor.
During that post-cruise spell there was a terrific storm. Thunder rolled around
the mountains. Lightning forked the sky. All very dramatic as I watched from
the bedroom window.
The one good day we
had before we went on the cruise, & the Fox got ill, we went for a stroll
around Bergen.
Our hotel was just
on the edge of the Bryggen area of Bergen so that is where we explored first.
This area is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Although much of it was burnt
down in a fire in 1702 it was rebuilt in pattern & style of the 12th
century. This is the area where the Hanseatic flourished & did trade from.
We did find the cobbles rather hard-going so left before we could explore it
all.
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| Bryggen |
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| Bryggen |
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| Bryggen |
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| Bryggen |
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| Bryggen. I like the man with his axe |
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| Angel outside jewellery shop, Bryggen |
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| Down an alley in Bryggen |
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| Typical yard in the back of Bryggen |
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| The fish on which much of the prosperity was built, Bryggen |
We then went along
the waterside to the fish market, an area of much bustle with a vast array of
fish & shellfish, some cooked for you on the spot. We progressed on to
Torgallmenningen, the main pedestrianised shopping street with its monument to
all those who’ve served at sea.
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| Fish market |
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| Fish market |
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| Monument to those who went to sea |
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| Monument to those who went to sea |
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| Monument to those who went to sea |
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| Johannskirken seen from Torgallmenningen. How's that for a steep slope! |
From there we progressed
along to the Lille Lungegårdsven. This park, with its magnificent fountain,
looked so different from when we saw it last year in the rain. The KODE gallery we visited then faces this
park. I can well believe, if I worked in Bergen, it would be a place I would
escape to for a quiet lunch & a bit of fresh air, at least on the dry days.
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| Fountain in Lille Lungegardsven |
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| With one of the KODE buildings behind |
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| A rooster in the park around the lake & fountain |
By then we decided
we’d had enough & headed back to the hotel. We’d had at least one dry, even
sunny day, in which to explore the city.
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