Our LP guide is out of date…We eventually gave up looking for the tourist info office and headed for our accomodation (some 3km away uphill). We arrived at a delapidated old house with junk strewn across the garden. I was worried, V even more so. Turned out to be a place the guesthouse owner is renovating. Apparently our host would have collected us at the station and taken us to the guesthouse perfectly located some 500m away from town. Should have checked email and confirmed the address before we arrived. Another lesson learnt.

In stunning sunny weather (hot when the wind stops) we headed into town to check out some museums and get some info about fjord tours. No surprise , the tourist info office and all the museums were closed.

The town was full of the Norwegian equivalent of ‘Matriculants’ celebrating the end of exams. Apparently 16000 Russ had decended on Stavenger for a weeknd of debauchery – explaining why we battled to get accomodation.

The town centre is beautiful. Narrow winding streets of old and modern buildings lining the harbour and surrounding hills. Since we are staying here for 3 nights we stocked up on supplies – eating in is significantly cheaper than eating out. We found Marie biscuits ! They look the same but taste different 🙂

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