Fishing on a sunny Sunday

After our impressive visit to the fjords on Saturday, we arrived at Bergen at around 9pm and went to meet Morten. He was waiting for us in order to go to a cabin he has in an island near Bergen. The way to go there: by boat!

This wasn't Morten's boat :), but looks like that in this photo...



It was later than 22.30, but you can see what beautiful light there was! Idilic!!



This was the cabin next to the sea.



And this is again Morten with his boat.



On Sunday morning, we took the boat and went fishing in the open sea. Only after 10 minutes fishing, Felipe got two 1-kg fish!!



Later on, I got the largest fish of the day, and the first fish I caught in my life! 2.5 kilos!!



This is our final catch! Not bad!! Compare the size of the fish with Morten's foot!



And of course, you can imagine what our dinner was... hehe...



And around 11pm, back to Bergen! It had been a great stay there!! One of my best trips ever!!

In the Norwegian Fjords

Around Bergen

My trip to Norway started last Friday in the afternoon. Felipe and I took a KLM direct flight from Amsterdam to Bergen and in 1.5h, we were arriving at the Norwegian West coast. The landscape was really beautiful: a really broken coastline with hundreds of islands everywhere and the snowed-peak of high mountains nearby. The landing in Bergen was one of the most beautiful I have ever gone through. If you go to Bergen, do whatever it takes to get a window seat!! :)



Once in Bergen, after we met Morten in the airport, we found out, the city was surrounded by mountains and fjords everywhere. The highlight of this part of Norway is clearly nature! The city was composed of colourful houses perched on the mountains nearby or lying at the bottom of the valley.



And once we arrived at downtown, we visited the first World Heritage Site we were going to see during our stay, the Bryggen. This part is the oldest in town and dates back to the 1300s. The colourful facades where just the beginning. At the back, there is still some nice wooden architecture worth visiting!




Afterwards, we took a tram going to the top of the closest mountain and enjoyed the beautiful sight of the town and islands around.



And then, we went hiking in the mountains for a while before we came back to town on foot, to enjoy a typical Norwegian dinner with some cod fish.



After dinner, we met one of Morten's friends and some other people Felipe knew and partied in local pubs. While we were partying, I noticed some disturbing features of the sunlight there, dusk started at around 10pm and it did not get dark until around midnight!! and it did not get really dark!! You could still see blue in the sky!! Sorry for the bad quality of the following picture, but in it you can see the colour of the sky at 2.30am! Far too blue...

Back from paradise

All good things come to an end... And that´s what happened with our trip to Norway!

It was simply wonderful, one of the best trips in my life and of which I will keep great memories forever. Every single minute of the trip was perfect... I got to meet my friend Morten again, I visited the beautiful city of Bergen, partied there, went to the most impressive Norwegian fjords in a 12 hours tour, got amazed by the beauty of the landscape, travelled by boat among hundreds of small islands, slept in a cabin in an island, went fishing in open sea and caught a 2.5 kg fish and ate it later... Too good!



This morning, I had to wake up at 3am to catch my flight and I am far too tired now to write a good post. That will come tomorrow and will be worth a visit to my blog!

Trip to Norway!

Tomorrow, I will go with Felipe to visit my friend Morten in Bergen, Norway.



This trip is attractive for several reasons. The first one is meeting a good friend from ISU and spending some time remembering the old good ISU times! The second one is to visit the Norwegian Fjords, one of the most beautiful places on Earth!



Tomorrow, we will visit Bergen with Morten and on Saturday, Felipe and I will go to the Fjords. Norway is so expensive! A one-day trip to the fjords from Bergen is 120 euros per person!! But it is worthy! Felipe and I have been talking about going to the Fjords for a long time now. And finally, that common dream we shared is going to come true!! And that will be from tomorrow!!