Showing posts with label Bergen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bergen. Show all posts

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Bergen

A few photos taken while walking around Bergen today - sorry, I don't have a real camera - just the camera on my iPod Touch. These buildings are in the famous Bryggen District in Vagen Bay. They were built in the medieval period, and though a fire destroyed many of the original buildings, these have been restored:





A couple of Viking fellows:


And here are some young boys marching along with drums keeping the beat. I have no idea why they are marching along the street - it appears that they may be caring some kind of cross, so my best guess is that this has something to do with Easter:



Thursday, March 22, 2012

Pavlova

Here is a Pavlova I made for dinner last night - We have been staying with dear friends Ivar and Ann Elizabeth in Kristiansand:


...and here we are visiting an old church - nearly 1000 years old near where we are staying:



...in an hour or so, we are going to Bergen for a Reform Norge (Norway) conference. Reform Norway Conference

Here is Bergen: