On the MS Kong Harald!

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

     Since I have five days to do and so little time, I will do primarily a photo gallery.  We walked to Bryggen (for exercise!).  There is a plan for us to charge on a 'cruise card' so we have to make only one credit card fee for all the extras we buy. However, we would need NOK for things we would purchase off the ship; so I stopped by the ATM.  On the way back to the hotel, I bought a skillingsbolle for us.  It is a cinnamon bun famous in Bergen and after 25 times in Bergen, this is the first one I bought.  It was quite good.  We finished packing, took a taxi to the Hurtigruten terminal, checked in, and went onto the ship.  The rest of the details are under the photos.

Elisabeth, the receptionist at our hotel, Augustin Hotel

Breakfast at the Hotel Augustin

the largest groups of tourists we saw in Bergen we Asian

trains in Bergen along Bryggen for the tourists (not us!)

Cutting boards we found at the fish market;
why weren't there any for Ole Bull????? 

Bergen skillingsbolle

checking in to the Hurtigruten

Required 10-minute video about safety on board

Washing our hands after the safety video and before boarding

Boarding the MS Kong Harald

loading supplies on the ship

view of Bergen from the MS Kong Harald

Mother outside the Martha-Lounge where we eat our meals.  We arrived on the ship at 4:00 pm.   The ship  is really a 'floating hotel' - our room wasn't ready yet so we explored the ship to find where everything was located.

There are anti-bacterial foam dispensers everywhere!  Before eating, the person in charge said there
were two requirements:  check in to all meals with our identity card electronically and wash our hands!

The dining room for all meals

We had fabulous fish soup the first evening

 Some of the buffet items from the first evening

Our luggage was waiting for us after our meal at our cabin.

Our room is quite spacious - quite a bit larger than other cabins since it is a 'handicap equipped'
room.  We each have a single bed, there is a desk area and generous closets, which you can see, and
a small table and another chair by Mother's bed, which you can't see.  The bathroom is to the left.

A great bathroom equipped with all the necessities for Mother.   

The boat sailed promptly at 8:00 pm.  This is my favorite view of Bergen with a bit of Bryggen in the foreground.  You can see the Floyen Restaurant at the top center. 

Various scenes leaving Bergen.  We are on our way!