Statsraad Lemkuhl glided into the harbor this week, with the sailors all standing on the masts singing!
Ed was lucky enough to spot them, grab the camera and immortalize the return. What fun it must be to train aboard this tall ship!
It seems that they just got back from sailing to Norfolk, Virginia! From a Google search,
"The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is sailed by the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy's first year officer cadets, who are participating in leadership training and teambuilding during the trip. The cadets also get a strong foundation of basic seamanship during their weeks onboard. Stripped of modern communication technology, the students are forced to work together to overcome the timeless challenges and dangers of travelling the seas by sail."
Read the rest of the story here.
Other than that, I have no pictures of the last couple of weeks to post. The Booked in Bergen group had a julebord with Thai food last Saturday, with lots of CBHH! Ingrid and I tried to figure out what that meant on the bus ride there, and we almost got it. It's "cleavage, bling, and high heels"! Spread the acronym across the world.
It's been Bergen winter weather, only colder. It was -6 degrees C here for what seems like forever, and when I landed in Oslo for a business trip, it was -22 degrees! Wow! a new record low for me. Now it's back above freezing, with rain, here. It will get very cold again this week. This is the first time since I've been here that they've allowed people to walk ON the lake by Festplassen. I have pictures on my cell phone of people walking out to the middle of the lake where the Christmas tree is. Today was sunny, so Ed and I enjoyed a nice walk up by the University in Bergen. There's a street up there that really reminds us of San Francisco's painted Victorians. We stopped at a deli to pick up some dessert for tonight - carrot cake for him, rice cream for me. The sunset over the mountain tops was beautiful. The sunlight on the white snowtopped Rundemann behind the dark forested nearer mountains, and a plane reflecting the sunset...
It seems that they just got back from sailing to Norfolk, Virginia! From a Google search,
"The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is sailed by the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy's first year officer cadets, who are participating in leadership training and teambuilding during the trip. The cadets also get a strong foundation of basic seamanship during their weeks onboard. Stripped of modern communication technology, the students are forced to work together to overcome the timeless challenges and dangers of travelling the seas by sail."
Read the rest of the story here.
Other than that, I have no pictures of the last couple of weeks to post. The Booked in Bergen group had a julebord with Thai food last Saturday, with lots of CBHH! Ingrid and I tried to figure out what that meant on the bus ride there, and we almost got it. It's "cleavage, bling, and high heels"! Spread the acronym across the world.
It's been Bergen winter weather, only colder. It was -6 degrees C here for what seems like forever, and when I landed in Oslo for a business trip, it was -22 degrees! Wow! a new record low for me. Now it's back above freezing, with rain, here. It will get very cold again this week. This is the first time since I've been here that they've allowed people to walk ON the lake by Festplassen. I have pictures on my cell phone of people walking out to the middle of the lake where the Christmas tree is. Today was sunny, so Ed and I enjoyed a nice walk up by the University in Bergen. There's a street up there that really reminds us of San Francisco's painted Victorians. We stopped at a deli to pick up some dessert for tonight - carrot cake for him, rice cream for me. The sunset over the mountain tops was beautiful. The sunlight on the white snowtopped Rundemann behind the dark forested nearer mountains, and a plane reflecting the sunset...
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