Monday, April 24. Docked behind an Oil Rig in Haugesund. Gray sky, windy. 8 C.
Home in 19 days.
This Town was not on the original Itinerary we received, 17 months ago. One of the original Vikings of Viking raiding and emigrating days lived a short distance away from here but this Town is a working town not that old, with around 34,000 hard working Nordic people. Fishing & boat building in bygone days, now it’s all about Oil. There is an oil rig about 100 meters away from us, in for a refit obviously.
Fellette and I walked off the ship around 8:45 and hoofed it into the business part of the town, detouring somewhat to wander through the residential areas, peeking in and around the back yard areas and getting some idea of life in such a place. It is just like at home, continual maintenance on the wooden houses, some older homes have a concrete or plaster lower section, maybe for snow protection, roof repairs are tricky and must be terribly expensive, we saw one taking place, it involved scaffoldings and intense safety precautions.
The wind while on our walk was brisk, but we were dressed for it and turned out to be quite invigorating. There were shuttles to the town and they were loaded as most people opted for the shuttle because of the cold and distance to anything of interest. I am almost certain that a few couples would return as the trip involved going over a modern bridge that was made to take medium sized ships under it so the slope could be a challenge for a wheelchair pusher, as we saw starting out.
It was great trek for us and the photography was just what I enjoy on such a leisurely stroll with the love of my life. We just chilled out the rest of the day. The sky turned blue and the sun came out in the afternoon but it still remained chilly out.
A Great Day…
Just outside the town on the way in this morning.
From our cabin, docked. The rig, in for maintenance or maybe building it?
Lovely infrastructure in Norway: Oil Money.
My bundled wife made a good photo addition today. She was not happy with her being in so many photos today, but always smiles.
So, here is one to prove I am on this trip too!
We could see this church from the ship so that was our objective. The inlet was not visible and it was a longer trip, and much detouring to get there.
Here you can see the bridge and the inlet that you had to cross to make it to the church.
Individuality!
Soft colours, Scandinavian conservatism I suppose.
Quite a mix...
So English-looking. [For Luci.]
Another Antique Shop. [A Hitchcock appearance of the photographer in the window reflection.]
Behold, The Church!
Some classy looking well maintained buildings. Now a Thai Massage House.
The 1910 building in the middle is now a Japanese Restaurant.
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