July 20th. Bergen We spent the day in Bergen. In planning for this trip we expected this leg to be the cold and rainy one. We brought warm clothes and rain jackets expecting terrible weather. It was in the mid-70s and sunny today. We were almost too hot?!!?? The weather did make for a good day to walk around this beautiful city. We booked a walking tour through the old German quarter of Bryggen. The tour included entrances to a three museums and a walk...

July 19th. Bergen Ellie pointed out that near one of the towns we passed through on our train to Bergen, Finse, the battle of Hoth was filmed in The Empire Strikes Back. Bergen has an average of 80 sunny days a year, the rest of the year there is some sort of precipitation. According to the weather app, we are going to experience two of those sunny days. (Yeah!) After the rush of the last two days, we all needed to sleep in a little this morning (Ellie reall...

July 17 and 18 Oslo and Bergen We did not have as much time as we would have liked in Oslo so we had to pack in the sights yesterday... Our place in Oslo was ... unique... We were in a two story flat that was right in the middle of an apartment complex. It was eclectic in its decor and not as big as it looked on the AirBnB website. It had enough beds for everyone, but it had some pretty treacherous stairs up to the second floor. Amy and I have a friend, Emi...