We arrived in Bergen around 11AM and since we did the Flåm Railway yesterday, and did not sign up for any of the optional excursions today, we had all day to ourselves. We “dumped” the group and set off on our own.
Don’t get me wrong, we are enjoying the tour! But in larger cities where there is enough to do I always find it better to be in charge of our own time and make our own plans.
Exploring the Bryggen area is one of the top things to do in Bergen, I thought it was cute but if you are not into shopping the whole thing only takes about 10 minutes to visit. That doesn’t mean it’s not a nice place to explore – just not as “OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING” like everyone says it is.
What WAS amazing were the views over Bergen from Mount Fløyen. It rained in the morning but stopped around 10AM and the forecast was no rain until about 4PM, so as soon as we saw the skies clearing up we jumped on the Funicular and went up to get some pictures. It was such excellent timing because by the time we started down again (we only spent around 10 –15 minutes up there) the clouds were rolling in again. We were incredibly lucky.
After this, it was time for lunch. We “resto-shopped” a bit but by 1PM we decided we had to stop and decide on the spot because it was getting late and we already knew we needed time to rebuild our appetites for dinner. So, we ended up somewhere rather touristy but we didn’t really care. It was nice enough to eat outside and there was table service. All good!
We spend the rest of the afternoon just wandering and soaking in Bergen – it’s a very quaint place and it was really nice to just set our own pace.
We stopped for drinks when the rain started again, then went back to the hotel to unpack. We headed back out around 5PM but the rain was picking up so the wander was a not as pleasant… and my husband’s umbrella broke!
Supper was in the Fish Market – seafood is the thing to have here… I can’t get over the size of the King Crabs!!!! They are MASSIVE! over 3 feet long easily. There was some on the menu, but the price was 1149 NOK which is about 183$!!! Norway is insanely expensive, yes, but that’s just nuts.
It’s hard to tell in the pictures because you don’t really have an idea of scale and there is too much reflection off the tank but trust me – they were GINORMOUS!!!!
Our meal was great, no complaints, we had grilled cod.
JUST SO HAPPY IT WASN’T A BUFFET AGAIN. I understand that when feeding a large group of people simultaneously, a buffet makes the most logistical sense (sometime there are 2 or 3 groups at the hotels) but to me there is something cheap about a buffet and they are not always the most sanitary things…
The rain should start cleaning up by tomorrow - fingers crossed!
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