Bergen to Geiranger
Whew! What a day. We knew we had a good day of driving ahead of us but a lack of instructions from our lodging caused us to be 2 1/2 hours longer getting here than necessary. But we are all settled in now so back to the beginning of the day. We stayed at the Magic Hotel in Bergen last night. Our room entrance was on the rooftop and the hotel is in the old downtown. View from the rooftop Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after national capital Oslo. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". You may or may not recognize this photo as taken in the same place as the background photo on the blog. It has changed somewhat since the background photo was taken. This area is known as Brygge or Bryggen and means "a plat...