Final Destination

I spent a good portion of the day yesterday at the airport in Bergen. Since I had to check out of my apartment by noon, and my flight to Trondheim wasn’t until 15:45, and I didn’t want to haul my luggage around, I just went to the airport early.

But I made up for it beforehand by going for a nice walk around an area of Bergen I hadn’t been to yet. I also made up for it afterwards by wandering around Trondheim after dinner nearly until sunset, which was at 22:59. Since there is rain in the forecast for today, I wanted to see as much as I could when the weather was beautiful. Last night it was as close to perfect as it gets. It was still perfect this morning. I went for an early walk, in part to find breakfast, but it took me two hours to find an open cafe. Even Starbucks and McDonald’s had locked doors. A tad bit of drizzle just started, so I came back home to catch up on the blog before I go hear Stravinsky at Nidaros Domkirke.

Yesterday I was thinking that Trondheim is like Bergen without the cruise ships. But I know this is a stop on the Hurtigruten cruise up along the coast of Norway. Sure enough, this morning there were buses disgorging cruise passengers at various locations around town. Still, it is a very attractive city, especially the area where I’m staying. Here there are rows of attractive houses and shops and restaurants. The area along the Nidelva River is also particularly charming.