Alesund is known as the most beautiful city in Norway. It has a cool history in that in 1903 the whole city burnt down. It was rebuilt in 1905 in the Art Nouveau style. Gone were all the wood buildings.
I'm standing in front of the museum that told the story of the city's fire and rebuilding.
Many of the buildings have decorative elements like the painted fruit around the windows on this building.
We walked to this beautiful church. We could not go in, however, it was closed due to weddings.
We had a nice lunch place called Nomaden that Mike had found during his research. The ham and cheese croissant sandwiches were yummy, they had fresh dill on them which was an interesting twist. The real highlight, however, was the banana cake we shared for dessert.
Aren't those just the cutest dessert forks you've ever seen?
Remember two days ago when we missed the last ferry out of Hellesylt? Well today we had our second chance to take this one hour ferry to Geiranger on our way back. The trip covered 12 miles down one of the "most beautiful" fjords. Along the way there were waterfalls in every direction and old abandoned farms. It really was gorgeous, even with the low clouds, which I think added a bit of drama to it all. It was cold, though, on the ferry.
This farm was abandoned in 1962. It was mainly an apricot farm (you can see the orchard near the water) but they also kept about 100 goats.
This is the ferry we were on going the opposite way.
The Seven Sisters waterfalls are behind us.
You can just barely see another farm at the top there. It is located across from the Seven Sisters. I imagine the view from that farm is spectacular.
Our hotel from the fjord.
For dinner tonight we went in to town. On the way, I made a new friend.
We ate at the #1 rated restaraunt according to Trip Advisor, Brasserie Posten. It was our best dinner of the trip. Mike had grilled lamb and I had a pizza.
Tomorrow we head to Oslo!
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