Didn't go up with the rest to check in cos we've booked a four-pax room when there's five of us. They came down and off we went to walk the night amongst the city light. Everywhere was filled with people; drunk ones, that is. Everything was closed by the time we set off, except for one particular commerce - no prize for guessing right - bars. Alcohol breath runs through the night streets but upside was that the whole town was bustling even after midnight.
Climbed up towards some church that was on a hill and took countless of photos with this mysterious red church that we have yet known its name. Just when we thought the city lights look pretty impressive from this hill we were stepping on, we spotted a higher vantage point at the opposite side of town. Hiked up the hill (which was really just Tarmac road) and the scenery on the way up was super impressive. Finally we reached a point where everything was covered by the trees (and when Huihan complained that her legs were about to cramp) and trekked down towards the city centre. It was early, so we decided to wander around. Found the UNESCO heritage site, Bryggen, where Yimei and Jiahan would continue to engage in a photoshoot session for the next half and hour, while the rest of us walked about the nicely preserved cultural site. All the postcard image of the front facing shophouses really does injustice to the wonders behind those walls. Creeped into the backyards via a rustic dark wooden alley and reached another world, "welcome, to the ancient times"
Sleep was good even though Josh and I shared a mattress on the floor; and the view of our room was pretty nice too! Next morning was disappointing cos it rained and the drizzle stayed throughout the day. Breakfast (bread) and packed up; left out luggages at the hostel and off we went to "explore" the city. Took some nice photos across the river of Bryggen, and walked almost everywhere in the city centre trying to look for the tourist information centre which was rated #10 attraction in Bergen on TripAdviser; it's address was apparently changed though, so we didn't manage to find it. Others had macs burger (bread) while I had my Maple Pecan bread brought from Stockholm. The only reasonably priced meal here is their Happy Meal, and it cost freaking S$8 (normal meals are upwards of S$20... Now I understand why friends from Norway says going to Stockholm is like Singaporeans going Malaysia).
Rain meant the fish market was not open; and we also decided against braving the rain up at Mount Fløyen. So we basically spent the day "exploring" Bergen but failing to find/do anything on our itinerary. Great.
On the bus towards Stavanger now and the bus had just "alighted from" the ferry that took us across one of the fjords. We had fika on the ferry (bread, but awesome one, cos it is wurst with bacon wrapped around it and in a bun! Though it costs a steep 43NOK) and probably gonna start our dinner (bread) on the bus soon!
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Came back Bergen on 22/9 and didn't have much time but still, managed this:
What's Norway without Norwegian salmon!!!
