Stavanger has an unprecedented 5 days of sun! We missed one of those as we were in Bergen for 2 days where it rained. Celebrated our 32nd anniversary with dinner at the art museum's restaurant where the prices were outrageous. I read in a Stavanger guide for expat's that we shouldn't keep converting the kroner to dollars and I'm worried that will happen to me and eventually a pint of beer for $7 or the cheapest bottle of wine on the menu for $40 won't seem expensive.
Larry gave a talk at the University of Bergen and I toured the city (where 29 years ago we began a 3 week tour of Scandanavia), gamle stan and visited the summer home of the composer, Edward Grieg. Bergen is a beautiful 5 hour drive from Bergen with 2 ferry rides and 3 (5 mile) tunnels under fjords. On the hour long ferry return Larry and I were one of less than a dozen (more than 120 passengers) to sit outside in glorious weather and terrific scenery.
On Sunday we took a bus to Sandnes about a half hour away. It's at the bottom of the Gandsfjorden (a 15 minute walk from our apartment.) Sandnes has a bicycle factory and offers free bikes to tour the city. Unfortunately, on Sunday everything is closed. So we walked back about 10k to our apartment. There are many paths for bikes and walkers and clearly marked signs. Paths go between streets and houses in a haphazard way but Larry thinks they are meant for children who can walk to school without being on the roads.