Rest day Bergen

Rest day Bergen  July 6

Wow a perfect day of rest. 

The sun cam out and the Temperature was 17.9c no wind  just sunshine all day, two days in a row it is a bonus.

Bergen is a UNESCO world Heritage listed.The whole town has been restored  as it has been destroyed by fire .The great fire in 1702 reduced the whole city to ashes

 It is also know for its wet weather as it rains for 265 days a year, one time it rained for 87 days in a row.

All the little coffer cafe had there seats out and sun umbrellas ,we started out with our jumpers and soon discarded them and went looking for t shirts 

We took a little train ride around the town to see the sights and to learn about the history After the little tour we set of walking we saw the Leprosy museum the city gate 17 century churchs. We had lunch at the fish markets and sat out side in the sun. Then we had an Ice cream  saw lots of Trolls  Many street markets, food stalls buskers  and thousands of tourists, three big cruise liners are in port that are caring many Americans and Italians. 

Now the saga of the passports

The young ones had to fly back to Oslo as the Bergen Canadian office is on Holidays ,They had to apply fro a temp passport in person. The office closes at 4pm the only flight was at 2pm..

They say that their motorcycle tour is over until they get a passport, but they hope to see us in Alesund (the finish) for the farewell .

Tomorrow we are off to Sognal 225 klm 

More tunnels  they say in the guide book it will seem like Swiss cheese as we ride through them all  one tunnel is 16miles long then a 30 mile one,or we ride the switch backs of Stalheimskleiva