Another Day in Bergen

I love the hotel we are staying at. All the hotels in Scandinavia has been very good - clean, spacious, and functional. A bit on the expensive side, to be sure. All the double rooms that Boyfriend and I found have been at least $80, and in Copenhagen, the room cost $100 per night. But I had expected that before I came. After all, Scandinavia is famous for its expensiveness.

What I love in particular about the hotel in Bergen, though, are two things: its location, and the fact that it has free Internet. The second reason is why I've been able to post more often in the past few days. :D The hotel, called CityBox, is a budget hotel right in the heart of the city, 3 blocks from the train station, 2 blocks from the university, with lots of cheap and cool-looking student bars, pizzerias, grocery stores, and restaurants.

Boyfriend and I spent the whole day exploring different neighborhoods in Bergen. We decided that if there's any city we have visited so far so far that we would definitely want to live in, Bergen is it. The entire city of Bergen is built on the mountain side, overlooking the ocean, islands, and fjords. As a result, there are several harbors teeming with boats, many stretches of beautiful beach-front neighborhoods, as well as gorgeous houses built on steep slopes of the mountain and streets made entirely of stairs (reminds me a bit of San Francisco).

There are also beautiful little parks nestled in the center of the city, spectacular water fountains, random statues, and the obligatory cobbled-stoned streets in the town center that every single European city is required to have, of course. In short, walking around town, every few minutes you seem to be in a completely different neighborhood. I think I would never get bored in Bergen.

Boyfriend and I have decided to stay for at least one more day in Bergen. We simply cannot leave this beautiful town behind.