Gargoyles Wanted: Bergen, Norway

Bergen Norway Hanseatic District from wikipedia

If there is one place that should have a sign out looking for employment for gargoyles, it is Bergen, Norway. I haven't been there yet, but I am really psyched to get there. I looked at a few shore excursions that took me away from this lovely town, but I may just get off the ship and walk around. There is so much to see right in Bergen.

The above photo of the waterfront first of all, with all the painted wooden buildings. The Hanseatic Museum is also supposed to be fascinating. 

Photo: Regin Hjertholm of old Bergen

Throughout the old sections of Bergen, there are museums and displays dating from the 10th century and on. A gargoyle would look great in that dentist chair!

Bergen view from above

I am dying to find out where these photos of Bergen were taken. There are tours that take you on the funicular and then you walk back down. Maybe this view can be seen from one of the lookouts on the way. I don't know yet, but plan to do a lot of research to find just the right things to do in Norway. I know that Bergen is often called the gateway to the Fjords.

Bergen, gateway to the Fjords

Again, I am off solo on this one. Wish me luck!

Celebrity Eclipse

Bergen, Norway

Sorry for the time that has elapsed since my last post, but I have been a girl on a mission. I wanted to locate a cruise for next year and lock it in. It gives me something to look forward to when I am working so hard. I am going to Norway and decided to try out Celebrity Cruise Lines again. I have not cruised with them since May of 2004, when Moises and I went to Alaska.

I angsted over whether to do a Transatlantic, but I know me. I love ports, hate sea days and look forward to my time off the ship. I guess I may  have settled down and read some books, but I truly believe I would have spent most of the time thinking of all I could have been doing if I had picked a different cruise.

Another view of Bergen, Norway

So now I am heading to Norway, kind of a compromise between a Transatlantic and the Med cruises I dreamed of going on. We loved our Alaska cruise and this should also be spectacular scenery. It also goes out of Southampton, so every place I go will be new to me.

I can begin to count down the days!