July 22 - Molde, Norway
I've been meaning to add photos of our wonderful waiters at dinner and sometimes at breakfast also in Compass Rose. I Putu always has a joke and loves to tease us Rowena is the sweetest thing Our tour today took us to a lookout point. The views were OK, mostly blocked by trees and the morning light was not really condusive to photos. This building with the sod roof actually had a small tree growing out of it. This was used as a lookout towards the ocean. If someone unknown was approaching, the lookout would light a fire inside and the smoke would alert the townspeople below. Next was a living museum of old homes from 300-400 years ago that were moved here for a look at life in the country. The sea is a huge part of life on the Norwegian coast of course. You can even see it in the sort of female sea creatures up there with Jesus and the other saints. The farmers lived in the upstairs; you can see the staircase through the door on the left. The animals were k...