Walking around Bergen

 When Kyle went in to work on campus, Annika and I did a lot of walking.  Often we stayed in the area around our building but sometimes we took bybanen into the city and walked from there.  I went online to find recommendations for walking tours and found one posted on the Frommer's website.  The walk that we did was a modified very of the one the recommend because I wanted to go all the way to the point where the aquarium is located. 

From Frommer's Guide: This gate was originally built in 1550 as a checkpoint in a once-continuous wall that surrounded Bergen. Today it stands isolated amid the newer buildings and broad avenues that surround it on all sides. There's a cheap-clothing outlet on its ground floor and an obscure, rarely visited museum (the Buekorps Museum) upstairs.

The area of the present Bryggen constitutes the oldest part of the city. Around 1360 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and as the town developed into an important trading centre, the wharfs were improved. The buildings of Bryggen were gradually taken over by the Hanseatic merchants. The warehouses were filled with goods, particularly fish from northern Norway, and cereal from Europe.

We walked out to the point of land by the aquarium.

There's a totem pole that signifies that Bergen is a sister city of Seattle but I couldn't find the totem pole on this visit.  I did love the view!

I saw this statue at the top of a hill and I think the emotion comes through so well.  I don't think I've ever really felt some connection with a statue but the way the parent is holding the baby seems so realistic.