The Most Unbelievable Amazing News and Beautiful Bergen.

 I know I still have not finished writing up about Norway, but this news is too important and amazing, so have to share it.  The neighbouring Green Party has swept away the local Conservatives.  They have gone from having two councillors to having seventeen. It is an astonishing achievement.  I know many of the people who have just become Cllrs, I am aware how hard everyone has worked in the area and am absolutely delighted for them.  Well done. 

The political make-up of the council is now:

•    19 Green  
•    16 Conservative
•    10 Liberal Democrat
•    5 Labour

I did not stand this year, partly because of my travelling but it was nice to do some Telling yesterday and to be at the Count to see all the postal votes being opened, so well done to the Broxbourne Green Party for a solid consolidation of the vote in the target ward.  What has happened in East Herts shows that with enough people and an open population that change really can happen.  

Norway's history shows it is a very interesting and open place and on  my second day there in Bergen I did learn more about the country at the Hanseatic League museum and again later in the day at the Resistance Museum tucked away near the castle grounds.  

I had really been looking forward to Bergen, and it was a nice day and interesting, but one I was very tired and two many of the key museums (e.g. Grieg's House) were shut but I think it is because the first day had been so wonderful that Bergen had a lot to live up to and in the end it was probably a slight disappointment compared with everything else.  But it is still beautiful, just love those wooden houses, so beautiful. 

One of the lovely things about being able to dock so near to the centre of town, I managed to rush out and get to the Tourist Office at 9 and check out what was open and so on get a map and then nip back to the boat for breakfast and then head out to the town for the whole day. Despite having just had breakfast I stuffed my face with coffee and the best carrot cake ever but then determindly kept going as long as possible to see as much as possible in the town before heading back to the ship for a well earned fish and chips supper!.  Life on board. that being Saturday night I then went and did my laundry and then popped back up to see my fellow dinners on the second shift of food and had a very naughty plate of cheese and biscuits with which to end the day. 

:) :)