Monday 3/30/15
After sleeping in we walked along the wharf, named Bryggen. It is famous for its vividly colored houses that are now restaurants and shops. Along the water is the Bryggenhus fortress.
Next we went to the Bryggen Museum. It has Norway's largest rune collection. Small pieces of wood with runic script on them were used in early Bergen for just about everything-love notes, business, daily notes and small passages of literature. The museum is also built around the oldest ruins in Bergen dating back to 12th century.
Sculpture Safari Bergen edition
Adam and Kyle checking out a canon at the fortress
Panorama atop the fortress
Adam, Kyle and Sidney at the fortress
Reconstruction of a part of an old 13th century ship at the Bryggen Museum. Trade, especially in dried fish, was extremely important for the city of Bergen.
Old runic message with Latin love poem
Adam plus Alexa in runic script (except X doesn't exist so I just used X)
Paper Art by Norwegian native Karen Bit Vejle. It is officially called psaligraphy or art of drawing with scissors.
Adam and I at the wharf
All of us on the fortress
Another sculpture safari, how delightful! Do you get those fantastic panoramas by using an app on your phone? That looks like it must have been a really big boat! Wow! You sure learned how to write in runic script fast! The psaligraphy is pretty neat.
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