Today was our last full day in Norway. Tomorrow I will finish up as usual with a collection of photos that speak for themselves (but of course, I will speak for them). Today we started with another massive buffet. That has been the recurrent theme of this trip. Small rooms but massive buffets.
We then met the group for a bus/walking tour of the city. One thing I have learned from this trip is that I don’t like to be led around by a guide hearing tons of facts about a city. I prefer to explore by myself (with Patrice of course) and meet locals rather than hear about things that happened 1000 years ago. Sorry if I sound like a heathen but that is who I am.
We are in Bergen, which as I mentioned yesterday, is the 2nd most populated city in Norway. We found out today that it is a sister city with Seattle. You might know that Seattle averages about 37 inches of rain per year. Well its Norwegian sister averages 89 inches. I wonder if they know about Sitka, Alaska which receives 100 inches of rain per year? My Los Angeles friend, Linda, tells me she loves rain. I think relocation to one of these 3 cities would be in her best interest.
We were on our own for lunch and the afternoon. Patrice and I only ate a snack for lunch (bringing our average lunch calorie count for the trip down to about 1800). We then walked the city and decided on going to the Kode museum. It was a worthwhile stop so I would recommend it.
At night, we met the entire group for a farewell dinner. This has been a really good group of travel buddies. It is hard to imagine that you would get 24 people together and not one of them would be a jerk making the trip less enjoyable. Patrice pointed out there was one jerk on the trip and she had to room with him.
Tonight we toured a local farm with the group and saw some interesting animals. Have you ever seen a Fjord Horse? See below.
I was not looking forward to this dinner since I thought the main attraction was the farm and the dinner would not be very good. I was wrong. I would say this was the best meal of the trip.
I always have mixed emotions about an end of a trip. I love traveling but it will be good to be home. I always like to learn things on our trips. I definitely learned something on this trip. See below.
I will send you my photo post from the airport or possibly from the plane.
Adios, oops, I mean adjø
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