Bergen photos from today’s wandering https://photos.app.goo.gl/6xA1GdYvGTVHQntD9
Day: May 22, 2023
The Hanseatic lean
Post by Grubb. In 1360 a guild of German merchants, the Hansa, created an overseas office in Bergen. These merchants, the renowned Hanseatic League, dominated trade between north-east and north-west Europe for the next couple of hundred years. The area where they had their offices in Bergen, the Bryggen, has retained the original architecture from that…
The longest distance between two points
Post by Grubb. Ella’s frustration mounted yesterday when, on our trek back to the AirBnb I elected, once again, to choose the path that zigzagged uphill instead of just using the stairs. Today, descending from the upper reaches of Bergen, the switchback route was designed to meet my meandering needs.
Our route, Monday, May 22
Two objectives today: Beyond that, we wandered up small lanes ever higher And back down to the neighborhoods around the quay Let’s just say we zigzagged our way around the town
When Icarus went hang-gliding
Post by Grubb. While our train was slowing to a stop at Voss Station (way back on Saturday), I drew Ella’s attention to a hang-glider in a red rig that was swirling way too fast for a safe landing. The lake at the bottom of the Voss valley warms up during the day and the thermals…
Rooftop apartment in quiet area
At Professor Keysers Gata 4, a rooftop, small but airy two bedroom apartment (AirBnB), just a few blocks up a hill from the center of town. A quiet area. Three flights of steepish stairs.
Bergen weather jokes
Post by Ella. Time for a little googling about weather in Bergen. It rains all the time. 98 inches (2490 mm) per year. The driest month, May (yay!), gets 4.3 inches. The wettest is December coming in at 11.4 inches – which is more than New Mexico gets in a year. During the summer, even…