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first destination: trondheim. it took me about 12 hours by train to get there. i stayed in a hostel and together with sindy and rachel from switzerland (whom i met in the hostel) we "did" trondheim. here the view from the castle. |
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nice colorful houses, standing on poles, on the river in the center of town. |
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me with sindy and rachel on munkeholmen. |
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on the way to munkeholmen. the tour guide told the history of this fortress, first it was a monastery for some 500 years, then a prison, the german used it as an anti-aircraft base and a prison, and now tourists can leave their money there. |
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since we spoke german, the tour guide gave us a little private insight after the other tourists left: a little shed was the prison for german solders, and here the inscription says that walter friebe was locked up here for 5 days because he was drunk. |
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cool statue outside the art museum, |
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some church where some christians have lit candles. |
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some angel outside some church. or someone else somewhere else. do net remember. anyway, this is in trondheim. |
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rachel had brought strange rites from switzerland with her. we had to invent a poem, and then sniff tobacco from switzerland! |
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in trondheim i then bought a ticket for the hurtigruten, the old post liners going along the norwegian coast. i booked a cabin southbound from trondheim to bergen. |
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on deck. |
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i found the captain of the boat being a bit overcautious with hygiene. here a collection of different antiseptic hand rinses are placed outside the restaurant. |
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i laid in the warm jacousy on deck - that was really nice! |
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meeting another hurtigruten ship northbound. |
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the ship stops at many destinations on the way, here in molde. along the way they pick up passengers and goods, traveling 365 days a year! |
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theatric view at night, this is about midnight. |
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all hands on deck! we arrive in bergen, the start and destination for the trip. |
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the whole of bergen center is a museum. |
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bergen fish market... |
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... is not only selling fish... |
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here some nice fresh whale meat besides the fish... in norway we eat whale with green peas. |
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... and fur. norway is one of the richest nations in the world, but the government puts out license to kill wolf, because of the damage on the sheep stock. |
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my nikon found some friends in bergen. |
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the intermission hostel, where i stayed in bergen. unfortunately there was a metallica concert in bergen the day after i arrived, and it was impossible to get a bed, everything booked out, but then i found a bunk in a christian hostel. just took some anti allergy medicine before i went in, christians tend to give me a rush, but it went quite well. |
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an old grave yard besides the train station in bergen. |
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queen victoria, seen from the maritime museum. |
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model of some old viking boat in the maritime museum. |
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it is a beautiful museum, by the way, very much nicer then the cultural history museum right beside! |
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some little man in the museum of nature. |
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mr. museum is a passionate hunter! |
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an alien scull in the museum of natural history. |
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picture taken from the train between bergen and oslo. |
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not so much snow, but after all it is in the middle of the summer. |