Flights!

The vacation starts in the airport!

We left DTW at 4:00 pm, got into Frankfurt at 5:45 am. The EES process took only 45 minutes, then 3 hours til our next flight. Uneventful 2-hour flight to Bergen. 3 hours later, luggage, transfer to hotel and in a room!

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Deb and Dave flew First Class in the pods. (We were in the cheap(er) seats in Premium Economy.)


We asked why the question mark. Our guide said they don’t know — perhaps the artist wanted people to talk about it!

Apparently Bergen gets 240 days of rain each year. We’re here for a half day today, full day tomorrow and just Saturday morning. It’s not raining now so that’s as good as it’s going to get here! Here’s our predicted weather😂:


Norwegians (and my friend Sheila) say that there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing. So, we are armed with rain gear! Weather should be nicer once we leave here 🤞 but for today, it’s beautiful.

Unpacking and looking for food today. Hotel and Bergen pics follow.



 


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