There are four rather big Cruise ships in town today, yesterday there where only two. Assuming each one carries about 3000 passengers, not to mention the crews, that’s an extra 12,000 people in the city today.
So I’ve found that the travel guides I used to use are actually very helpful – if they highlight something – go elsewhere. The queue for the Funicular was about 2 hours, yet under 150 metres away there wasn’t a tourist to be seen.
Last time I was here with Alex the gondola up Mt Ulriken was out of service, so we climbed up – more like stumbled and scrambled up. This time it was out due to wind – to be fair they were willing to let me go out but I might then have to wait a sone hours before getting down again. I declined the opportunity. So, this is what it looked like last time…
And this is what it looks like today…. At least the wind has gone.
This afternoon I hop aboard the Ms Lofoten to cruise on up thru the fjords to Honningsvag and Nordkapp where the hard work begins.
For some reason I thought there was rain (or snow, sleet etc) for 300 days of the year in Bergen. Indeed the website weather-and-climate.com notes that the rainy season starts in January and goes thru December. But I was wrong, it only rains on 233 days of the year and this month it normally rains on 2 out of 3 days. I can now verify that this is true as today it is raining and tomorrow it is meant to rain, but, yesterday was beautifully sunny. The good news is I get to fully test my rain jacket, the bad news is I get to test my rain jacket.
So I’ll just remember what it was like yesterday…
