Trondheim

Kyle, Annika, and I took a weekend trip north to Trondheim.  The main reason we went there was to go on to visit friends of Kyle's family.  The Koryntas hosted an exchange student when Kyle was in college.  The parents of the student, Sissel and Hallbjørn, have been to Grand Forks and we wanted to go visit them at their home.  We decided to spend an afternoon and evening in Trondheim before continuing on to the farm.  Trondheim was the first capital of Norway and is still where the crown regalia is kept.  

Annika did a great job traveling again even if she looks a bit concerned in the picture.  I have to say that I appreciated traveling with Kyle this time.  So much easier!  The Thon Hotel in Trondheim was perfectly situated downtown.

 The Nidaros Cathedral was built between 1050 and 1300 over the grave of St. Olaf.  We wanted to go inside but it had already closed for the day.

 The outside of the cathedral was amazing.  I wish we could have seen the rose window from inside.  What you can't tell from this picture is how windy and snowy it was, we were so cold!

 Naturally, we found a cafe to warm up!  mmmm Fresh pastries and kaffe.

 We continued our walk around the city and went along the river to the old city bridge, the Gamle Bybro.

 This is the view along the river in the daylight.  The neighborhood along here was very neat with apartments, little shops, and cafes.  We enjoyed the wintery weather.

We capped our evening in Trondheim with a visit to a local micro brewery to meet with a few other Fulbright researchers and sample the tasty beers.  We made it an early evening as the crowds were coming in and took Annika back to the hotel.  We could definitely have spent more time in Trondheim.