Gamle Bybro, the Bryggen and an unexpected journey.

I was explaining to a friend today about how Jim and I miss things when we go to cities. In Bergen we couldn't find the old Wharf; in Oslo we missed quite a lot, and we even managed to lose the Eiffel Tower in Paris once, so it shouldn't be a surprise that on our first trip to Trondheim we couldn't find Gamle Bybro and Bryggen (the Old Bridge & the Wharf).

As Grampa was with us we decided to take him into Trondheim and show him around (and not just IKEA!). 

After a couple of wrong turns, we found the Old Bridge, and then beautiful old timber buildings along the wharf. 

We were really lucky as the weather was beautiful (it had been very rainy in Norway for weeks before we arrived) and the kids were able to run around and make lots of noise - if you know our kids, then you know this is a Good Thing!

We then looped back around and went to see Nidaros Cathedral - the mostly northerly gothic cathedral. The kids then found the old cannons, so whilst Jim retraced him steps to find his phone, they were happily blowing things up, shouting Kaboom!

Now something you may not know about Trondheim is that it's the technological centre of Norway, and the city provides free Wifi, which is great when waiting outside yet another outdoor shop for Jim!

IKEA came next, and with full tummies and car boot, empty bladders and wallets we headed home, only to face another Stengt sign, but this one came with a diversion sign and a Man! A slight map hiccup, a detour around a housing estate (very nice too), back to the man to ask for directions, we found the diversion route which, instead of following the river valley, took us up and up and up over the mountains, past farms, beautiful pasture lands and waterfalls before finally winding its way back to the river valley.

The next time we headed to Trondheim, Grampa stayed home - I think the last loop in IKEA almost finished him off!