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Bergen was lovely. A city on the water surrounded by pine tree covered hills and massive rocks poking up out of the ground here and there. Sort of reminded me of Maine or New Hampshire. 

Here's Brian's hotel breakfast. 

We started off with a visit to the Bergen Maritime Museum. It covered maritime history from the vikings through to the present and they had a bunch of boat models for each era. So cool.

Outside the museum (part of a university campus) was a nice garden. I'm not sure if I took a photo but the rhododendrons were blooming all over the city. Pretty, pretty, pretty.

Mjau (that's how you say meow in Norwegian).

The city was very pleasant for walking- next we walked over to the Science Museum. 

This part of the museum had me laughing so hard I almost peed my pants. Somehow it measured your brain activity with those headbands and you were supposed to think about nothing in order to push a ball in the table into a little goal. So basically the person who could clear their mind and be most calm would win. You can see the little playing field in the bottom photo.

We all played and if I remember correctly, Claire was the best at it and Brian was the worst. But everyone's facial expressions were hilarious.

One more photo from this museum. It's not a great photo but the thing about this museum is it got us laughing and a photo of my girls laughing together is rare. In this exhibit you had to sit your butt down to make a puff of air. That puff of air was directed out in front to propel the ball. So you have to repeatedly sit down like you mean it. They were trying to beat me while I took this photo.

Here's one of the harbors we walked around. I thought of my sister and brother-in-law when I looked at all the nice sailboats.

We had a great dinner overlooking the famous Bergen harbor.

After dinner I took this photo – it was 10:07 pm! Experiencing the long days was so surprising. The sun set at 11:11 on the first night. I kept waking up to a bright light in the window thinking it was probably around 6:00 or 7:00 am… nope, It was four in the morning. The light made you feel like staying out late and getting up early. Seems like you would be exhausted all summer. I guess you catch up on sleep in the winter when they only get four hours of daylight.