We spent our second day in Norway doing nothing connected to lighthouse- just walking around the small town of Olden and taking a short cruise on Lake Olden to get at least a distant look at the glacier.
We docked right in town this day- no tendering which is a royal pain.
We did not even see any lights on our way back out to sea this day. we docked the next morning right in the town of Bergen. This was a bit different from the other days in norway- this was a substantial sized city.
We took a tour of the area stopping for photo stops along the way. We stopped at the top of one of the many mountains surrounding the town.
We also made a stop at one of the remaining stave churches in Norway. These churches were built with almost no nails holding them together.
We also stopped at the home of Edward Grieg. It includes the small cottage that he used as his composing room and his grave as well. There are also a performance hall and museum at the site. We did not have enough time to enjoy this area.
The house reminds somewhat of Hereford Inlet and Point Fermin- without the lantern room.
These last two photos were taken by Esther on her camera which I bought about a week before we left. I wanted something that would fit in the pocket to use where a long zoom wasn't needed. It's a Casio EX-Z600. It's the size of a deck of cards with 6 megapixels and no viewfinder but a screen the sixe of the back of the camera that does not wash out even in bright sunlight.
It took great photos and was simple to use and literally fit in a shirt pocket.
We finished up our escursion doing a short walk around the Brygyn ares of Bergen. We then decided to stay in town and walk around some more and opted to take the shuttle bus back to the ship.
The multicolored buildings in this shot are part of the Brygyn and they are on the Unesco List of world Heritage sites. they date from the 1400's
We got back to the ship and I positioned myself up on deck to get some shots of at least one lighthouse that I hoped I'd get to see.
We got to see some of those small aids along the way out to sea. Here's another one that I was unable to get a name on.
I took some photos of one of the longest suspension bridges in Scandanavia as the cruise ship was coming up on it , going under it and after it had passed.
Here's one of the ship going under it. I was walking from the stern to the bow at this point.
We then went past another of the small aids just after the bridge. I was able to indentify and obtain a name for this one- Jona.
We continued on our way out to sea and we cruised past what looked like an oil platform being built.
There was a burning tower in the background near here as well. I believe it was burning off excess natural gas. The North Ses provides much of Norway's economy- oil and natural gas fields.
It looks a bit like the Olympic Flame or a giant Menorah to me.(no offense intended)