Bergen~Norway

This weekend, despite the fact that we had 3 days of rest after spring break, 5 of us were ready to see a little more of Norway! Bergen is a city on the west coast that has some gorgeous and well known fjords! We took off Thursday night and stayed on a night train to arrive Friday morning. We had one day to sightsee in Bergen before our tour on Saturday. We started by seeing the home and museum of Edvard Grieg. He is Norway's well known composer of Morning Mood and music to Peer Gynt. They say he was short and Pheegan liked that about him ;) Then we walked around town and saw the famous pier side storefronts while souvenir shopping and enjoying the unbelievable weather. We read somewhere that Bergen only gets 60 days of sun and we were fortunate to take 2 of them!! Saturday we headed to the train station to start the tour. We hopped on and off of buses and trains to see the mountain ranges, waterfalls, and forests as well as the boat ride in the fjord! It was truly amazing to see and was wonderful to sit, relax, and enjoy the view! The following day a few of us had another day in Oslo, seeing the last of the sites we missed previously this semester! This time the weather wasn't as slushy :) We visited the National Gallery and saw "The Scream" by Munch, the Royal Palace, Parliament (+Pheegan), and picnicked in Vigeland Park to end the visit!