We eat quite a lot of fresh fish in Sweden, so we thought ot would be the same in Norway. But lo and behold, the only fish we've found in the supermarkets is frozen or in the shape of fish cakes.
And restaurants? We couldn't find a fish restaurant in Bergen. So far we can't find one in Trondheim either. What is this, don't Norwegians like fish???
We had high hopes, and I must say that this is s very scenic road. However, take away the mountains, and the drama, and you could be on the Swedish West Coast instead. So Jens was a bit disappointed.
We're now at Camping Byskogen, just outside Kristiansund. We chose this camping for one, very important reason - they have a washer and a dryer. So far we've run 2 loads. 1 or 2 more tmrw. J isn't interested in the town, so I'll probably have him drive me there tmrw for a few hours of sightseeing, while he deals with the washing.
Dinner was a bit disappointing. Someone else had made omelette like this, and I thought it was a great idea so we could separate J's vegetarian omelettes from mine (with ham). It was really messy to make, they took forever to cook, and were tricky to get out of those 'containers'. They look tasty though!😄
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Ålesund is just over two hours from Runde. We managed to get a spot at Bobilsparkering Ålesund. A bobilsparkering is a no frills kind of campsite. This one has clean toilets and showers - thank you!, and you can empty grey and black water, plus fill fresh water. At no extra cost. A 15 minute walk, and we were in the City centre.
First things first - food! J had a pizza which was ok, and I had a delicious chicken and bacon salad. Food tastes so much better when you don't have to do the dishes afterwards...
Later, we just walked around, enjoying all the Art Nouveau/Jugend architecture. Aalesund was devastated in huge fire in 1904 and was totally rebuilt in the prevalent fashionabla- Art Nouveau.
I also ran around looking for the same socks I'd bought in Bergen. Let's just say I've been to more tourist stores than I care to mention. And then - finally! Victory!
Took a boat safari late afternoon. It was VERY windy - but mostly from the north which meant we were kind of sheltered. It was still quite choppy - but thanks to the little pills from the drugstore I was ok. And oh what a trip this was!
We saw puffins/lunnefåglar (too far away for our cameras, but we did see the wee little buggers!) And seagulls/måsar, northern gannetts/havssulor (big ones! Loads of them!) Cormorants/skrakar, razorbills/tordmular, and a white tailed eagle/havsörn at a distance. Wherupon everyone yelled The Eagles are coming! Of course.
We even fed the seagulls (I just watched!) Whereupon I got shat on (rain coat!!!). They were absolutely wild, and some of them landed on the boat. Or took bread crumbs from our skipper's hat!
Such a fantastic tour, highly recommended! (The boat is called Aquila if you're interested)
We really enjoyed our days on Runde. I could have stayed another night, but J is eager to get to Lofoten.
Today was a bad day for me, but a good day for J. The roller coaster roads of western Norway got the better of me. When we finally came to the island of Runde, home to tens of thousands of birds - puffins in particular - I went straight to bed and slept for two hours. J went for a hike and spotted loads of birds, but no puffins. Tomorrow we have booked a boat ride where we'll hopefully spot puffins. I will probably get sea sick, but what the heck!
The Atlantic through our window. We got a geat spot at the camp site!
