Got up and out of our hostel after a great nights sleep. Still no one at the front desk, so I don't know what we are going to do about paying.....
We read in a Bergen guide about a funicular and cable car that would take you up a mountain. We really wanted to do the cable car because it goes up a higher mountain, but it doesn't open until 10am, when our boat for Stavanger leaves at 10:10am. We found the funicular close to where we were walking around Friday night and it opens at 8am, so we decided to do that. Ran into 7-11 to grab something to eat for breakfast and got our tickets to go up 320m. Oh, and I never mentioned that it was still raining, so we knew we weren't going to have a perfect view of the city, but we wanted to do something in Bergen, especially since we didn't have much time.
Along with our bags, we rode the 7 minute ride up the track. Got to the top and we could see some, but was really windy and cold, so we didn't stay too long. However, the gift shop opened so of course we did some shopping! Made it back down and headed to the express boat.
Aside for a few choppy areas and an unexpected stop where everyone had to get off and switch to their final destinations, we arrived in Stavanger by 2:45pm. So far it had rained for the first half of the day and thankfully we have been on a boat. Met a woman from Michigan also heading to Stavanger, which was fun. You can tell American accents apart from anything, so there's always questions like "where are you from?" all the time.
We met up with our 2 Americans and the Aussie to find the tourist office. Found the big "I" and to our surprise, it was closed! Closed at 2pm on a Saturday! Isn't that when tourists will come? After that luck, we found our little inn and unpacked. We stayed at Rogalandsheimen, which, if you look online, is absolutely beautiful! Very old and antique-y looking, it was really fun to stay in. All the 3 ladies in charge while we were there were also extremely nice. We had our own room, which was very comfortable and we were really able to relax!
We went out around 4pm, hoping we would find something to do, especially since all museums close at 4pm. We ended up getting some food at "Bagel Buddy" and went around the center of Stavanger looking for souvenirs. However, we hit a dead end: nothing was open! And, to make it even worse, almost every store is closed on Sunday's. Out of luck with that, so we eventually ended up at an Irish pub.
Eugenia and I got Kilkenny and sat around and chatted, even with a couple of Norwegian boys up from a city in the south, Kristiansand, to party in Stavanger. While walking around the city, we found the Stavanger Cathedral, which was beautiful, and Valberget, which is an old tower.
Around 10pm, we made our way to the train station to eat dinner at "Mona Lisa". Good food and even had leftovers for lunch on Sunday. Asked the workers at the restaurant if they knew anything for us to do Sunday because most museums open at 11am. They told us about the Petroleum Museum that opens at 10am. We decided that we would do that right away in the morning.
Went back to the inn, checked our e-mail on the free computer they offer, took showers, and headed to bed. Aside for all the rain, Stavanger is a beautiful city and a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be!
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