Bye Bye Bergen

Today was also a beautiful day and our last in Bergen. We had breakfast at our hotel and set out on the town again. It is Saturday and we headed to the downtown area where the fish market is which was hopping! Obviously on the weekends they have alot going on in that area. There were tons of booths set up with different kinds of foods and more trinkets. There was a booth that was making thick pancaked with different toppings, a sausage stand, burger stand and different cheese stands which we got to sample. It was lively and people everywhere enjoying their Saturday morning. We walked around a bit looked at some of the ships at the dock and walked through and old Bergenhus Fortress which was a place built to protect the port of entrance. We did not do the tour but just walked around and looked at the cool old brick building. We went back to Bryggen and did a little more shopping and then headed to the fish market for lunch. So many delicious choices!! As we walked around each vendor tried to lure us in giving us their spiel on what great things they had and were able to get some king crab samples. YUM We both ended up getting food at the same place and I had seafood curry and Jared had a seafood mix plate that had about 5 different kinds of fish on it. All of the fish is fresh and they cook it all right there. We sat and enjoyed our lunch and watching all the people buzz around us. As we were sitting there we could hear the sound of drums in the distance and they kept getting closer. Pretty soon coming down the street was young gentleman in uniforms holding flags and marching down the street. Everyone gathered as they passed by on the street and traffic was stopped on the one side and they paraded down. I wasn't sure what it was all about but looked it up and it is a tradition in Bergen and it was pretty cool to see and so random. I posted a video below.

We then slowly made it back to our hotel to get our bags that we left in the store room. We were going to take the bus to the airport and get on our flight back to Bergen. We got down by the bus stop and just hung out in the park like everyone else. I just love Bergen and Norway in general and the feel of the people and surroundings. Everyone seems so relaxed and just enjoys the days! I have never taken so much public transportation in my life. We did rent a car for a couple of days but the rest of the time used the bus, train or our own feet! Everyone walks everywhere or uses public transportation and not many people own cars and if they do, they are not huge gas guzzlers like most Americans. I was thinking as we were sitting there wondering how people with families go places and pack their small cars?? Maybe we have too much stuff? I know if I go to the cities for the weekend with my girlfriends we have a hard time fitting all of our stuff in my small SUV. Anyways I just love the feel of Norway and the people and their laid back sense. Everyone relaxes in the park and just truly enjoys the outdoors. I am going to try and take a little bit of Norway back home with me and use my feet more and enjoy the parks we have around our house! We got on the bus and headed to the airport for our flight. The flight to Oslo was less than 2 hours and it seems shorter than that even. I got out the ipad to type some on my blog and I swear I didn't even get a paragraph written and she was telling me to put it away. I rented a hotel at the Oslo airport so we could just get up in the morning and walk over to the airport. We ate dinner at the hotel and got all of our stuff prepared to leave tomorrow.... So, tomorrow is the dreaded travel home day!

Bryggen