Anne-Lise and I are back from a trip to Norway to see her sister Berit and husband Jan at their home on the island of Tjome, south of Oslo, Norway. The latter part of our visit was to the Alesund area, half way up the west coast.
Berit’s and Jan’s house in Tjome (center), on the fjord.Gloucester’s shrimp season has been closed for years, but Norway’s remains open year round.Jan feeds the shells to the gulls – singing for their supper.Canada Geese are common for us. In Norway it’s the Greylag Goose.The classic view of Alesund. Most of the city burned in 1904 and was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style.A hint of a Nordic Venice. We stayed at Hotel Brosundet (yellow bldg.), a former fishery warehouse.Like Cape Ann, Alesund has breakwaters, lighthouses, and commercial waterfront buildings, mixed with tourism.One of the surviving historic wood buildings, this antique shop could have been in Essex, MA. Towns have doves, and cities (including Alesund) have pigeons.I hope this Rock Pigeon is landing a kiss.Commercial fishing vessels tied up downtown.Sunset sneaking under the clouds, like here at home. The Gulf Stream allows boats to be in the water all year.Evening view from Storfjord Hotel, an hour’s drive up Storfjord from Alesund. Spring was ahead of Cape Ann.There were warning signs about Trolls on this hike through dark woods.The pack ice and coastal mountain range were vast, as we passed over the southern tip of Greenland.
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