Lien 78, 5057 BERGEN

We bought an apartment! While I was on the sandeel research cruise in the middle of the North Sea last week, Simon took the liberty of buying us an apartment (Lien 78 in the 'Gyldenpris' section of town). Needless to say I was a little shocked when I called him from a satellite telephone at 57degrees N and 5 degrees E and he told me he had bought the apartement we looked at online after he attended a successful showing. I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night (or was it due to the 5ft. waves outside my porthole?! ;))

We move in from June 1st. We are really happy to have found such a nice place (72 square meters) and are debating whether to redo the entire kitchen before we move in (or waiting a couple of years...)

We will be having a moving in party after we get settled for local friends and collegues. Our home will be open for visiting friends and family from August 2006! Catherine, my sister, will be our first 'foreign' guest after our trip to Croatia together in July.

Click here for more photos. Click here for a link to a map (We're about a 12 min walk to downtown Bergen by walking over the bridge.)

PS: I'll post a review and pix of the successful sandeel cruise soon!