Bergen Fish Market, etc

Knute Rockne is from Voss where our train left us .
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Well, Nick’s dream has come true. He has experienced the Bergen Fish Market. Every imaginable kind of local fish is available here. And he has tasted/sampled his way through most of it. Along w/ fish, other local oddities (meats) are available- vacucmn packed and ready to be thrown in the suitcase. We got a couple of things. Union Presbyterian choir (and JK, & MB) you have a taste treat in store--mystery meat.

It has been raining since we got out about 9:45, but thanks to the trusty raincoats, we’re dry if not warm. Nick has been checking the Bwd weather and you guys have received much more rain that we have here. At least in volume. Not sure how much you had or how long it rained, but if the radar is to be believed, you got lots.

I found a great bakery, so for an almost lunch snack, we had sweet rolls and coffee/hot choc. Yummmm! My sweet roll was frosted w/ caramel. I suppose today is a day for grazing w/ no specific meals.

We got out of the rain earlier by going into the Hanseatic Museum. All about German businessmen in the 1200-1500’s who ran the commerce coming in and going out of this harbor They had dorms for their employees (single men) and they must have been really short, cuz the beds we saw built into walls were my size. A regular sized man today would have had to curl up to sleep there. Interesting--- however only about half of the exhibits were translated into English. so I'm sure we missed out on lots of good info.

We’re considering going to the aquarium this aft, if we can figure out how to get there. Bus, boat, walk. It is supposed to be about a 20 min walk, and it's raining but.......

I looked at a lovely pewer goblet (I’m a sucker for stemware- just ask Nikki) but I couldn’t see paying $50 American for a cup. I’ve looked at sweaters, but I would probably wear it once every 3 years when it snows on Easter in Bwd. So, no sweaters. Just mystery meat.

Several buildings in Bergen have the name Rosenkrantz on them. Those of you who are Shakespeare fans--Remember Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, Hamlet’s “friends”. I’m guessing that is not an uncommon name here.

Nick is napping and I’m going to read. Talk to you later. (I’ve finished 5 books and have two more available w/ only 3 days to go)

About 2:30 we headed to the aquarium via ferry boat in the rain. I’ve seen better- it was interesting. On the way back at 4:30 we had the ferry to ourselves and we took pictures. Got some good ones--also some really good penguin pics from the aquarium. It’s as if they were posing for me. It was great weather for Penguins here, not like the poor critters we saw at the Ft Worth zoo who had to be in the air conditioning.. Cold and rainy is perfect for them.

Nick “saved” Barbara Denhart’s pictures when she got a “reformat” message on her card w/ all her pictures on it. He downloaded the photos from the card and saved them to a disk and then cleaned her card. Should work well now. Not sure why it did that.

We have an early morning tomorrow (Sunday)--bags out at 7 and onto the bus by 7:30 to drive to the airport to fly to Denmark. Our castle tour is Monday and I’m psyched.

I’m getting tired of drizzly rain and cold. But I suppose you Brownwood and Arlington folks are equally tired of rain.
See you soon E