Cruising to the Pulpit

August 30th 2019, Friday.  We didn’t arrive into Stavanger until late morning and didn’t disembark until 10 AM.  The crew wandered around town for about 1.5 hours waiting for our fjord cruise out to Pulpit Rock.  From a Instagram world standpoint this is the big ticket item in the region.

Grace by a statue near the market.  The top hat is soooo sweet


Old. Norwegian church at the top of the square

Inside the church was amazing.  Reverent, simple,  beautiful and complex all at the same time.


The Pulpit with its carved wood iconography.

Gothic style architecture as you approach the alter


Old tapestry with a Viking connection 


Watch tower over Stavanger.  Warned of fire and danger.  Pretty much a one man show to keep the city safe.

Stavanger is supposedly the Norwegian equivalent of Lyon, France when it comes to food but 8 hours including a 3 hour cruise does not give one enough time to sample the culinary delights this city may hold.

Trolls in Stavanger 

More trolls in Stavanger  👁 on me.

Trolls!!!!

How authoritative is 4’10” and 66 lbs

Grace wanted Grandma Eva to ride this brass sheep.  Come on Grace, that is ridiculous 

From the streets of Stavanger we boarded a fjord cruise out to Pulpit Rock.

The cruise route to Pulpit Rock up Lysefjorden.  Which is a very narrow and deep fjord.  #sometimesyouneedafingerinthephoto

 Cruising out to the Lysefjorden

Norway.... cool, rainy, windy and not die the faint of heart.

G-money there is no bad weather only poorly dressed people.  How are you doing?


Vagabond cave.  Paupers warded off tax collectors from this spot

Fjords are beautiful.

Pulpit Rock.  More impressive from the top then from the bottom.

🇳🇴 🇳🇴 🇳🇴 

Not a bad family photo in the wind and rain

The original Norwegian!!!!!

Goats along th me shore of the fjord 

Grandma Eva, Marissa, Grace and I on the boat.

Grace it is so windy up here on top of this boat!!! 💨 

Beer on the way back from Pulpit Rock!!

On the way back to Stavanger 

After we arrived back in port we walked around a little more.  The fish market looked awesome but I didn’t take any pictures.  We found bracelets for Gracie’s crew at the Hub!!!

I am not sure you will find Cinderella the Princess or the 80s hair band down this alley.

We made it back to the boat. 

Goodbye Stavanger.

Grace loves street art 

Why so serious?

Grandma Eva was grateful she found some traditional Norwegian jewelry so we completed the trifecta Norway, sweater and jewelry.  We didn’t quit get Grandma Eva established as a major lefse importer but don’t count us out yet.

Tomorrow is a day at sea as we rerun to Dover, England.