{"id":4069,"date":"2018-07-01T12:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2018-07-01T12:14:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:14:51","slug":"bergen-18-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=4069","title":{"rendered":"Bergen – 18 June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning it\u2019s raining quite heavily as we walk into the city centre of Bergen & unfortunately we forgot to take the umbrella, so we get a bit wet as we have our waterproof jackets on but not our waterproof pants. It\u2019s not unusual for it to rain in Bergen because of the mountains around the city.<\/p>\n

Along the harbours edge is the Bergen International wood festival for 2018.\u00a0 This is a biannual event and this year the theme is climate change.\u00a0 There are 17 teams entered from 14 countries and it took them 5 days to complete their structures.\u00a0 We thought that there were better entries than the entry that got 1 st place, maybe they didn\u2019t meet the design criteria.<\/p>\n

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There are many boats in the harbour including a fabulous sailing boat.<\/p>\n

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After a coffee & cake we dry out a bit & then visit the old city with its multi coloured timber buildings that are crooked & built on top of each other.\u00a0 We purchase a print of Viking ships that has been painted by a local artist & it should go well in our new town house as it\u2019s black, Grey & white.<\/p>\n

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We walk to the old fort \u2013 Bergenhus Festning, however the tower is under maintenance & is covered in scaffolding and we can\u2019t get into one side as there are workmen setting up for a concert. What we can see though is lovely.<\/p>\n

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Tonight we treat ourselves to a 5 course degustation seafood dinner with matched wines at a restaurant called Cornelius.\u00a0 We have to catch a ferry to get there as it\u2019s on the island of Holmen that takes about 30 minutes, just enough time for a beer, prosecco & wine.<\/p>\n

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The restaurant is set right on the waters edge with beautiful views.<\/p>\n

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Our first course is delicious & full of flavour<\/p>\n

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Our second course is also really tasty with it’s ash trimming<\/p>\n

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Our third course is main course of salmon & it’s beautiful.<\/p>\n

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By now we\u2019ve had our before dinner drink plus 3 glasses of wine and both the food and wine are magnificent and we still have a sorbet and desert to come.<\/p>\n

We depart when it\u2019s starting to get dark and the setting looks even prettier all lit up.<\/p>\n

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When we arrive back at Bergen harbour the street is lit up and it all looks a lot different at night. What a lovely grreting to finish a beautiful day & evening.<\/p>\n

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