Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Norway, Land of the Midnight, Hell, it's Always Midnight!

Woke up early this morning, it was dark, went back to sleep.

Woke up later, it was still dark, went back to sleep.

Woke up again, checked the clock and it was 8:30, still dark!

(Note: Official Bergen Daylight... Sunrise 09:39 (CET)... Sunset 15:50 (CET))

Finally, got up and searched out a cup of coffee. Of course, this being Europe, you are more likely NOT to have a coffee maker than you are to have one. This hotel is no exception. They do have a lovely breakfast service downstairs, with coffee. The only problem is you have to actually put on some clothes so as not to scare the locals.

I did my "What is a Kroner Worth?" web search this morning. Cab fare wasn't too bad, but "Ho Boy, Vat a Dinner Ve Muss've Had!!" I thought we just had wine and a couple of entrees: the final bill suggests we ate like King Olaf and his family. Oh, well, we probably won't be able to retire here.

We are about to head out to tour the city and spread some more Kroners, it's about 10 a.m. and it looks like the sun is starting to rise.

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