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Today was a bit of a rainy day. Bergen is reported to have 277 rainy days a year so the odds were not in our favor! We started the day with a trip to the bakery, Godt Brød. We had some delicious cinnamon rolls with cheese filling and baguettes with cheese. Yummy! We walked down to the waterfront fish market and ogled (and sampled) some of the fresh catch from today. Arin and Mary Sue decided we were tired of having our hoods up on our raincoats and stopped to purchase umbrellas. Apparently umbrellas and fashionable rain boots are a must if you live in Bergen.
Bryggen is the oldest area of Bergen. Long parallel rows of tenement buildings face the wharf. Many buildings of Bryggen have been destroyed by fire at least 7 times dating back to 1170 with the most recent in 1955. (With all of the rain here, how could there possibly be so many fires?) With a tour guide we visited the Bryggens Museum, Schøtstuene, and the Hanseatic Museum and learned more about the history of Bryggen.
As the rain fell harder, we headed back to our cozy little apartment for lunch and a nap. With visions of the fish market on our minds, we decided to make dinner for ourselves. We headed to the grocery store and purchased some fresh trout and salmon for supper (after Keely "volunteered" to be tonight's cook!) Peter, Arin and Kayla went back to the bakery for some sour dough rye bread to accompany the fish, potatoes, and fruit. And we had ourselves the best meal of the trip. Fantastic.
After dinner, there was a break in the rain. We tossed the dishes in the sink and went off to the Fløibanen, a funicular train that took us to the top of Mount Fløyen. We timed it perfectly and were able to see the city of Bergen below before the fog rolled in. It was amazing that it was at 9:30 in the evening and even with the cloud cover, it was still like day time. The evening concluded with one last walk down to the wharf and some souvenir shopping - many of the shops stay open until 10:30 pm. Tomorrow we leave Bergen and hopefully leave the rain behind.
-Mary Sue
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