Norway Trip of a Lifetime: Bergen..Love

Bergen...the city of steep streets, cobblestone streets and the smell of fish. Not really the whole city but especially around the fish market where their is no shortage of any kind of fish. We started the day out by walking through the open fish market and taste testing some local fish. There were some questionable fish that looked pretty gross. We then headed over to Mount Fløyen which is an over look for the city of Bergen. At the base which is located in city centre u can either hike up one of the many winding trails or take the fløibanen funicular up which is a cable car. Of course I wanted to hike up and take the funicular down. I always tell Jared we have to work hard to earn our great views. The trail up was absolutely gorgeous with plush green trees, shrubs and grass. Along the way there was plenty look out spots and benches to take a rest which, Jared took advantage of. The trail winded and twisted and was full of walkers, runners and people just enjoying the beautiful day. Once at the top u got a panorama view of Bergen and the harbor. There is also a gift shop and restaurant at the top if u got hungry on the way up. We sat at the top took some pictures and just enjoyed people watching. We decided to take the funicular down which was quite the view also. We were able to get in front of the cable car so I could take some good pictures as we descended down to city centre. We then decided to head over to Bryggen that is along the harbor and is the very first buildings that were in Bergen. There is shops in most of the buildings but also restaurants and a night club. We did manage to find a store that had a whole upper floor dedicates to Christmas!! Jared's favorite. We were able to find a nice ornament for our travel tree. We walked around a bit more had a small bite and some coffee. We went back to the hotel relaxed for a few and freshened up before dinner. Sushi was on the radar for dinner so we went to a placed called Sumo. So far everyone has been really nice and accommodating and most people speak English and have English menus. We enjoyed our dinner which was delicious and the place was really busy. Headed back to the hotel and grab our wine and glasses to head to the park. It is not easy to get alcohol in Norway since the liquor stores are owned wholly by the state. They are called Vinmonopolet and u can get hard alcohol, wine and strong beer and are only in larger cities which we never did see one. They sell beer at the grocery stores but can only be a certain alcohol content and sold at certain times. Luckily our room had a bottle of wine we could purchase so we took that and 2 glasses and headed to the park. The lady at the tourist info center told us the most Norwegian thing we can do is drink wine in the park so, that is what we did. There is always a ton of people relaxing in the parks and is always fun to see. We sat in the grass drank our wine and enjoyed the beautiful sunset and the sound of the water fountain.Great end to the night. Tomorrow we will be in Bergen again but fly back to Oslo tomorrow night.