Bergen; Monday, 30 October, 2006

With a final blow out breakfast inside me I checked out of the hotel and headed out to the Bergen Aquarium.

The Aquarium is based on the end of a spit of land that sticks out into the Fjord, a 15 minute walk from the Hotel. Unfortunately, this spit of land is made up of a big hill that I didn't know about, otherwise I would have walked into town and along the shorefront rather than up the middle.

The Aquarium has the usual selection of species from around the globe, as well as three seals and a small penguin family. There is also, for some unknown reason, a display of creepy-crawlies and spiders.

From the Aquarium I wandered back into town and had enough time to wander up to the Maritime museum which I had missed the previous day. The museum has exhibits explaining the history of seafaring in Norway from Pre-Viking times up to today’s oil tankers and cruise liners.

By the time I left the museum it was a little before half twelve, my flight was in less that 4 hours and I knew it would take at least 30 minutes to get to the airport, so I decided to head back to the hotel, pick up my luggage and head for the airport. In the end, I was quite thankful as there was a massive queue on the road out of Bergen, and it took nearly an hour to get out to the airport.