Sverresborg

I am beginning to realize that I enjoy open air museums. Last summer's visit to Hancock Shaker Village in the Berkshires was so lovely that my Mom and I vowed to stay at one for a future vacation. (There are some old Shaker homes that have been turned into hotels.) The Old Bergen Museum was great but I thought the tour was way too short. I wanted to go into every building and peek into all the nooks and crannies. In Trondheim, there is a collection of mostly 18-19th century buildings that comprise the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum. We took a short tour of four of the buildings, bumped into the bride and groom of a (real) traditional Norwegian wedding, ate some freshly baked flat bread, and lingered in the shade of a sod covered roof house. Now I'm thinking I should plan a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Has anyone ever been?

Munkholmen

Morgan, Ross, and I went for a a little picnic outing to the island of Munkholmen, just a short ferry ride from Trondheim. Through its thousand year history, it has been execution grounds, a monastery, occupied by the Danes, the Germans and held some famous prisoners. We took a tour of the main building which contained the prison and dungeon. I managed to hit my head really hard going into the dungeon, and then fell against the stairs and hit my back, bruising myself. So either I'm really clumsy or the place is haunted. There was a German gun machine that we climbed into and tinkered with. It's a great place for picnicking and hanging out in the sun.

Nidaros Cathedral

We're now back home in New York so I'm going to try and wrap up the Norway posts, and share some London pics with you. It's sweltering hot and a shock to my system but I am happy to be home and to return to a sense of normalcy and routine.





Ross and I visited Nidaros Cathedral and climbed the narrow tower for a 360 degree view of Trondheim.




And we were lucky enough to be around for one of the house moves for the tunnel construction. It was completely fascinating.