Looking back through my photos of Amsterdam and Norway, I suddenly noticed that I hadn’t put a lot of the photos on the blog. And then it hit me: one of the worst years of my life happened after that trip. My brother died, and I had to go through major surgery. That year just kind of disappeared for me.

So now, let’s go back. First up, Bergen.

After the funicular, we went over to check out the markets.

Not your everyday fare….

The fruit looked so good, but we had just eaten.

These crab legs were huge.

I loved the architecture of the surrounding buildings. And aren’t the houses on the hill so lovely?

This one looks empty, the yellow one too….

Dyre Vaas’s sculpture, the Maritime Memorial, commemorates sailors and traders from different centuries. Fishing was crucial to Norway in the past.

Pretty sure this one is fake. 🙂 Golden arches in the background.

Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. Note the seagull at his feet.

The Hanseatic Museum. We didn’t have time to go through it, unfortunately. The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe.

More next time….Great weekend, everyone!

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