The second day in Bergen was short. We did want to see a bit of the city and decided to do the vernacular to the top of the mountain first. To reach the station, we walked through the old fortress grounds where we saw Barbara and Jack. Then we took some back streets for a leisurely walk. There was no line to get onto the tram.

Besides the view, there are some trail to hike. One goes through 'Troll Country' and ends at a pretty lake. Kids were having fun and also constructing a new dock.

The ride down on the tram was more spectacular because now we were looking down! As I had suspected, the crowd at the bottom was awful. The line stretched outside and down the block.
From here we headed to the Fish Market, a well known stop for tourists like us. We passed a couple old buildings including, oh no! a Mc Donald's.

The fish market has seen better days. It must have been a 'real' fish market that turned into a tourist attraction. Only English and German was spoken here. There was one stall with fresh seafood and several that had sandwiches for sale. The prices were out of this world (a sandwich for $15 with a bottle of beer to go with it for about seven bucks). But you could get grilled whale at about 20 dollars a pound! Sharon had a taste of that and thought it was ok.

Fresh flowers and plants were a nice addition. The fish market also has stalls that sell souvenirs and even pelts of reindeer, foxes, etc. I think we even saw seal skins.

There were a few more stalls across the street and Sharon found that prices were at least a little better there. She got a T-shirt and a ceramic bell for her collection. I got a kick out of the 'shoe store' on the corner.

Then we continued on to the old buildings and shops that Bergen is famous for. Notice how some are slanted, sagging. I asked one shop keeper if people lived upstairs. She said no, that there is only storage in most of them. It is fun to explore the little alleys as well. You never know what and who you might find there.

We were heading back to the ship the way we had come in the morning. There was a barbeque on the Lido deck. It was to be from noon until two. We made in just in time. But then at two o'clock sharp it started to rain; however, it lasted only about an hour.