Grand Northern Europe Voyage - Lisbon to Stockholm - May 6, 2022 to June 28, 2022

[mysty]

At anchor now off Flam.  Sunny for now.  Full day excursion so reporting may be late.  I'll definitely provide details on the meal which is scheduled for June 17th.

[RELS]

2 minutes ago, mysty said:

At anchor now off Flam.  Sunny fornow.  Full day excursion so reporting may be late.

 

 

To whet your appetite for mysty’s pictures, here’s one of the sail-in: 

 

 

And one of the village of Undredal: 

 

 

What a gorgeous morning!

[lincslady]

At last - Norwegian fjords as they should look in June.

 

Hope you all have a lovely day, with continuing sunshine.

 

Lola

[mysty]

We had glorious weather!  Our excursion today was Scenic Sognefjord by Coach and Rail.  After tendering ashore we boarded a bus to take us to Voss.  Here are pics from stops along the way.....

 

 

 

We had a delicious lunch of smoked salmon on scrambled eggs, pork tenderloin and creme caramel at the Park Hotel Vossevangen.....

 

 

 

 

Another photo from Voss.....

 

From the restaurant we walked to the train station to board the Bergen train to take us to Myrdal where we changed trains to board Flamsbana (The Flam Railway).  It was a beautiful trip and difficult to photograph.  Tomorrow we are in Bergen.

[jpalbny]

Lovely pix, M! Glad you had a beautiful trip.

[mysty]

I decided I needed a rest day today in Bergen.  Myster set off solo on the planned walking and ice sculptures tour.  He is hoping to take pics with his phone.   I will attempt to share some here later.  For now it's chilling on the pool deck for me.

[lincslady]

Good for you - I guess the weather is fine; usually it rains two out of three days in Bergen, so if you have hit the fine one you are in luck, Mysty.  We have been there in both rain and sun, and sun is certainly much better.

 

Lola

[mysty]

Day has been overcast and the skies opened with rain just after Myster returned.  Here are pics from his walk about and ice sculpture from Magic Ice......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2022 by mysty

[RELS]

31 minutes ago, mysty said:

Day has been overcast and the skies opened with rain just after Myster returned. 

 

 

 

 

We went to Edvard Grieg’s home (now a museum) where we attended a short piano concert in a lovely hall:

 

After our tour we wandered around in the rain through the old warehouse district, which you saw I mystr’s photo.

Then it stopped raining (!) and we took the Floibanen funicular up Mt Floyen, and wandered around up there. Here’s a pic of the Moon from the viewpoint on Mt Floyen:

[Emtbsam]

One of our highlights in Bergen was going to the fish market with David Bilisand nd sampling king crab!

[mysty]

Internet is having a hizzy currently.   We are docked in Stavanger but difficult to post.   Stay tuned.....

[mysty]

Internet is taking a break from the hissy so I will attempt to post.  Another grey rainy day.  Our excursion was a cruise to Lysefjord.  Here is the map of the route from the pier near the ship to the fjord.

 

Pics from the sail.....

 

 

 

Pulpit Rock (the square box shape mid upper of the photo).....

 

[mysty]

Tonight is our Ukrainian meal which we will enjoy on the pool deck.   Photos will follow tomorrow if the internet Goddess smiles. 

[jpalbny]

Я хочу їсти. я зараз голодний!

 

Have a great meal! Can't wait for the pictures. 

[lincslady]

If you are interested in historic ships, and not already all booked up, the Fram and Kon-tiki are on show at the Maritime Museum in Oslo.  We found the Fram particularly fascinating.  It is on the other side of the harbour.  

 

Lola

[jpalbny]

1 hour ago, lincslady said:

If you are interested in historic ships, and not already all booked up, the Fram and Kon-tiki are on show at the Maritime Museum in Oslo.  We found the Fram particularly fascinating.  It is on the other side of the harbour.  

 

Lola

 

Second that - we stayed in Oslo on our own a few years back and hopped the ferry to this very interesting part of the harbor. Isn't there a Viking ship museum there too? (from the 9th century, not one of the current Viking river cruise boats 😉 )

[Daveywavey70]

I Hope you had Imam Biyaldi on the menu! Loving following along M xxx

[mysty]

Currently steaming our way to Oslo with a scheduled arrival of 5:00 pm.  Woke to glorious sunshine this morning with temps moving beyond 50 F.  Oh joy oh rapture!

 

Here are pics from our amazing Ukrainian meal on the pool deck last night.  First course was couscous with mushrooms, strips of nacho chips and mushroom sauce....

 

Main was turkey and beef cabbage rolls with pickled cabbage garnish from Chef Andrii's grandmother's recipe.......

 

We enjoyed a Connoisseur's List Rioja with the meal.....unfortunately the picture refuses to load right size up.

 

 

Chef Andrii did a spectacular job!  One of the best meals we've had on this voyage.

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by mysty

[lincslady]

A lovely dinner - and now sunshine!   The gods are maybe smiling down on you now, M.  Have a great day in Oslo.

 

Lola

[mysty]

Just now, lincslady said:

A lovely dinner - and now sunshine!   The gods are maybe smiling down on you now, M.  Have a great day in Oslo.

 

Lola

 

Our excursion for tomorrow will visit Fram!  The excursion is called Norwegian Explorers.   We will visit The Viking Planet (Viking Times with Virtual Reality technology), Fram Museum, and Kon-Tiki Museum.  Sounds like we chose an interesting excursion. 

[lincslady]

Daveywavey - I have heard of Imam Bayaldi, but didn't think it was Ukrainian?  I guess I am missing something here.

 

Lola

[highplanesdrifters]

5 hours ago, mysty said:

 

Our excursion for tomorrow will visit Fram!  The excursion is called Norwegian Explorers.   We will visit The Viking Planet (Viking Times with Virtual Reality technology), Fram Museum, and Kon-Tiki Museum.  Sounds like we chose an interesting excursion. 

M - I was just reading about The Viking Planet. Looks interesting....I think? Can't wait for your review. Will be back in Oslo in August for 4 days, and will follow your lead. 

[Daveywavey70]

3 hours ago, lincslady said:

Daveywavey - I have heard of Imam Bayaldi, but didn't think it was Ukrainian?  I guess I am missing something here.

 

Lola

I Know it's originally a Turkish dish Lola but my ex was from Sevastapol which is only a skip and a jump away and used to cook it often. Maybe it's a Crimean thing. 

[jpalbny]

10 minutes ago, Daveywavey70 said:

I Know it's originally a Turkish dish Lola but my ex was from Sevastapol which is only a skip and a jump away and used to cook it often. Maybe it's a Crimean thing. 

 

Suspect that you're right. The Crimean restaurant that we visited in Kyiv (called Musafir) had very different cuisine. I don't remember that particular dish on the menu but when I checked online just now, it is there! Sounds tasty.

Edited June 18, 2022 by jpalbny

[Daveywavey70]

Well we live and learn. It apparently was originally an Ottoman dish. I Knew the tale about the imam fainting but here is Wikis take on it. 

İmam bayıldı

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İmam bayıldı

A plate of İmam bayıldı served with yogurt and rice
Alternative names	İmambayıldı
Place of origin	Turkey
Region or state	Turkey
Associated national cuisine	Ottoman
Serving temperature	Room temperature or warm
Main ingredients	Eggplant, onions, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil
Cookbook: İmam bayıldı   Media: İmam bayıldı

İmam bayıldı^[1][2] (literally: "the imam fainted")^[3] is a dish in Ottoman cuisine consisting of whole aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes, and simmered in olive oil. It is a zeytinyağlı (olive oil-based) dish and is found in most of the former Ottoman regions. The dish is served at room temperature or warm.^[4][5]

Contents

• 1Origin of the name
• 2Geographic distribution
• 3Variants
• 4See also
• 5References

Origin of the name[edit]

The name supposedly derives from a tale of a Turkish imam who swooned with pleasure at the flavour when presented with this dish by his wife, although other more humorous accounts suggest that he fainted upon hearing the cost of the ingredients or the amount of oil used to cook the dish.^[6]

Another folk-tale relates that an imam married the daughter of an olive oil merchant. Her dowry consisted of twelve jars of the finest olive oil, with which she prepared each evening an aubergine dish with tomatoes and onions. On the thirteenth day, there was no aubergine dish at the table. When informed that there was no more olive oil, the imam fainted.^[7] 

 

^{Apologies for going off Piste M.} 

Edited June 18, 2022 by Daveywavey70