The view coming down the hill from our apartment.
Photo above is just of one of the buildings we passed our walk to the bridge. Thought it was neat how it reflected the tree across the street.
National Geographic
Nassau anchored near the bridge.
This picture of the
Nassau was taken after we had crossed over the bridge.
View from mid-bridge to the north.
This is the building where one boards the fjellheisen to go to the top of the mountain, there is a small park over to the right.
If you have a giant anchor in your yard, and you just don't know what to do with it ...
it really does look very nice.
This is the view from the park back over toward the island of Tromso. The tall mountains in the background are actually on Kvaloya, the island to the west.
We had been wanting to go to church at the Arctic Cathedral sometime, but since we have to walk across the bridge to the mainland to get there, we were waiting for the "perfect" day--not too hot, not too cold, not too windy ... so finally on Aug. 16, we walked over for Sunday morning service. It's really not a bad walk. The bridge is about a 10-15 minute walk down the hill from our flat, and the walk across the bridge is also about 10-15 minutes. The bridge has two lanes for cars, and on each side is a walkway for pedestrians. Along the way we saw that National Geographic had a ship anchored near the bridge (photos above)--so if you see a program about the Arctic sometime--could be was filmed from the Nassau. The cathedral is a tourist spot, and before the service, we watched as a tour bus pulled up and its occupants had a tour of the place. After the service, we walked over to the fjellheisen (fjell=mountain; heise=raise, hoist) to have the lunch we packed at the foot of the mountain where there is a small park.
For more info on the cathedral, and the fjellheisen see:
For English versions, click on the English flag on the home page.
Well--these photos really don't do it justice, but this was the most spectacular rainbow I've ever seen. Mike saw it first when he was walking home from the university. Then, he said he could see it complete, arching from the university on one end (bottom photo) to the mainland on the other. By the time he was home and told me to look out the window at it, it had started to disappear on the mainland side, but it was still bright over Tromso.
The beginning of September is berry-picking time. The red berries are tyttebaer (aka lingon berries), and the blue are ... blueberries. We didn't actually pick the tyttebaer--Mike got a kilo for 10 kroner (which is like free to a good home!), and so we just had to wash and sort out some stems and a few leaves, and add sugar. Tyttebaer makes a great accompaniament to meat--especially good with the Norwegian meatballs that Mike makes. So now we have a few containers of tyttebaer in the freezer. We did actually pick the blueberries in the woods near the ski path. It was fun. We mixed those with sugar too, and had them with ice cream.
The view coming down the hill from our apartment.
Photo above is just of one of the buildings we passed our walk to the bridge. Thought it was neat how it reflected the tree across the street.
National Geographic Nassau anchored near the bridge.
This picture of the Nassau was taken after we had crossed over the bridge.
View from mid-bridge to the north.
This is the building where one boards the fjellheisen to go to the top of the mountain, there is a small park over to the right.
If you have a giant anchor in your yard, and you just don't know what to do with it ...
This is the view from the park back over toward the island of Tromso. The tall mountains in the background are actually on Kvaloya, the island to the west.
