Raincoats a Must

Bergen is an UNESCO world heritage site that does not slow down when it rains. The area only receive 60 days of sunshine a year and locals believe that inappropriate dress not rain is the issue. Rain is a part of their daily life and the merchants here probably sell more raincoats than anywhere else I have visited in the world. The colours and styles of raincoats have exceeded my expectations and I was not even looking for a coat, I merely needed an umbrella. The colours, styles, and sizes of umbrellas was just an unbelievable as raincoats. Today we found a new stylish navy raincoat for Thomas and a red umbrella for myself. I may still get myself a coat before I leave so we will have matching coats for future trips.

Three cruises boats and many buses arrived at the main docks today and thousands of tourists from around the world were walking around Bergen with Thomas and I. The locals have no town when the cruise ships arrive as they fill every nook and cranny. It was too many people for us so we left the area and moved to the side of town where the locals frequent. We returned to the Pingvinen, a local brown cafe, which means penguin, for lunch and both of us had outstanding lunches. I had homemade chicken vegetable soup and Thomas had a ham and vegetable stew. We did some grocery shopping to stock up on licorice, potato chips and chocolate. We returned to Pingvinen for supper and had fish, steamed cabbage, something like mashed parsnip  and a tasty carrot salad. Tonight we noticed that the cruise ships had left port so the town was back to normal. 
Tomorrow we must get up early to go down the Sognefjorden fiord to Flam on a NORLED boat cruise. This fiord is the largest and deepest in Norway and stretches right into the foot of Jotunheimen and Jostedalen national parks. We will be away for just over 11 hours. Two hundred plus other people will be on the cruise so let's hope it goes well. We must be there by 7:30 am to get good seats. Food options are limited on the boat so we will make small sandwiches at breakfast for our lunch and have junk food to go with that. Looking forward to getting fantastic photos!