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Showing posts with label Jernaldergården. Show all posts
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Sunday, 2 June 2013

Travelling again: Norway

I stayed 6 nights in Stavanger, visiting an old friend (actually she's young, but we've been friends quite a while). It was nice to just be in a home for just a while. 

Stavanger is a really beautiful little city. Its centre and harbour front display beautiful old timber buildings on cobbled streets, and in the middle there's a little lake with a couple of swans currently displaying their new cygnets (swan chicks for those not knowing this). 

My friends took me to plenty of sights and a couple of museums. My favourite excursions were drives in the countryside, and a visit to an old Viking farm, called Jernaldergården. (Although it's only open on Sundays and we went mid week, a guy there escorted my friend and I into the main building and told us all about it, so, we were lucky). 

I also went salsa dancing! This was my first time since I left Australia. I don't travel with dance shoes (borrowed my friends), and I find its usually a lonely experience to go alone to a place where no-one knows you can dance. But, this time I was introduced to some very good dancers (and felt rather rusty in my style- or lack of!). 

In Stavanger I tried to make plans for the rest of Norway, but I know I'll change them. Firstly though, I'm in Bergen now... And it's horrible weather!