Monday May 2
Another wet, cold blustery day. It was a very unpleasant day for a tour.
The bus took us south of Bergen to Edvard Grieg's house, Troldhaugen, his home for 22 years. Grieg is Norway's famed composer. Here we enjoyed a 30 minute exclusive recital of his music in a beautiful setting. We had free time we could have used to visit the gardens, but the weather was not cooperating.
We visited the Fantoft Stave Church. It was built entirely of wood in 1150 in the tradition of Norwegian stave churches. It was moved to its present site in 1883 to save it from demolition and preserve it as part of the nation’s heritage. After a 1992 fire, artisans restored it to its former beauty. Unfortunately we could not go inside to see the construction and the elaborate carvings because it is the off season. This is also a pretty setting, but not so enjoyable on such a day as this.
Of course, ol' diehard geocaching Bob had to go out in the storm after lunch to place a new travelling bug in a geocache. He was on his own for that walk!
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