You have probably noticed by now that I like to start each port post with a picture of us in that location- usually taken on our ship's balcony. Alesand was beautiful.
We all got off the ship. |
| Pam, Joan, Kay, Patty |
Ken and I decided to take a tour on a tram/ train.
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| They took us up a mountain where the view was gorgeous. |
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| The tour audio was in many languages. We sat by a couple from Italy. Their English was limited, but not as limited as our Italian! |
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| Our train/tram in the background. |
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| All during the tour, the audio played a local folk song over and over and over: "Alesand, Alesand" and then a lot of Norwegian words. It was cute at first, but then got a little annoying. We both can still sing the Alesand part. It's ingrained in our heads. |
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| I don't know who he is. Somebody famous. |
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| Nor do I know what this is? Anybody know? |
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| Limited by my sore foot, after the tour I went back to the ship. Ken walked around town and up the mountain. |
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In 1904, out on this peninsula, a fire started at about 2:00 in the morning. It soon spread, burning most of this town.
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Each year, they build a huge bonfire out on the island. Last year, it was declared the biggest bonfire ever by Guiness Book of World Records. You can see all of the ships/boats gathered to watch the spectacle. I got this picture off of the internet.
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| A Steep Climb |
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| The Golden Swan on an art museum. He's pretty famous. |
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| Alesand Church |
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| So pretty! |
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