We were up early for the breakfast buffet and then onto the bus for a 3 hour tour of Trondheim. We stopped briefly for a photo op at the Kristiansten Fort.
Kristiansten Fort. Dad and Dawn in the upper left. (© 2006, Mark D. Williams.)
We drove past the Haltdalen Stave church at the Trøndelag Folk Museum. We passed the Royal Residence, the Old Town Bridge (where lovers are supposed to kiss), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and stopped briefly at the Utsikten (viewpoint) for more photos.
View of the Nidaros Cathedral. (© 2006, Mark D. Williams.)
Definitely the highlight of the city tour for me was visiting the Nidaros Cathedral. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos inside. I ended up getting the guide book.
Front of the Nidaros Cathedral. (© 2006, Mark D. Williams.)
Another shot further back. (© 2006, Junel Bacigalupo.)
We had the rest of the afternoon free so Junel and I went for a walk along the Nidelva River to the "Kissing Bridge" and then to do a little shopping at the Julehus. The only problem is we walked right pass the store so we got in a little extra mileage that wasn't intended. She did find a couple of nice ornaments there.
The "Kissing Bridge," Trondheim. (© 2006, Mark D. Williams.)
We went a little further and had a late lunch at Primo, an Italian restaurant. Fish and potatoes were starting to get a little old. I ended up having a bruschetta and Junel a nice salad. Quite good. We then moseyed back to the hotel and took a short nap before dinner. Mom and Dad had gone to a concert at the Cathedral and then saw the Crown Jewels that were being exhibited nearby. Before dinner we met with MariAnne to go over some details for our flights out tomorrow. She mentioned how much she had enjoyed being our tour guide and that she knew everything was going to be fine for this tour because before the tour had even left she had been praying for each and every one of us.
Earlier she had asked me about singing something and I mentioned I had done a concert version of Phantom of the Opera. So when she was through I volunteered to sing "Music of the Night." Of course, I think it sounds better with background tracks, but sometimes you just have to make do. We had dinner and we all said our goodbyes to MariAnne. Her flight was leaving at 4:30 in the morning. Junel and I were tired so we headed off to bed.
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