Almost every summer the Tall Ships Race visits Norway, and the port of the city takes on the look of, how I would imagine, a bustling medieval port. The city centre becomes crowded with people coming with the ships, or for the ships. The quay is dominated by the large sail ships, tall masts and thick ropes running through the air.
Husband, Son and I made a day of it. We took the bus to the city centre, and spent hours just walking along the quay. We were allowed onto some of the ships, which of course was very exciting for Son. He kept looking for his favourite pirate and asked the crew members if they had seen him. Some pretended they had and told stories of meetings with this terrifying pirate either out at sea, or late at night. Others pretended to get scared and said they hoped not to ever lay eyes on him. However, as the stories began to contradict one another, Son became incredulous and lost interest.
As we walked there were sailors entertaining the crowds by singing sea shanties, jugglers gathered small crowds in the streets and vendors sold fruist, berries, and food.
I went to a ship race once in Thailand, and it was fun. Thanks for sharing these beautiful shots 🙂
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Anne, your pictures are always just breathtaking and SUCH a nice change of scenery from my little cow field in Tennessee 🙂
I’m glad you like them 🙂 thank you!
Beautiful photos. We also had some tall ships visit us in Duluth, Minnesota. Judy
Thank you 🙂
Vi var der også, men mest for å gå ut og spise litt. Fikk likevel scrappet det 🙂
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Flink du e! og fine sko!! Må komme i gang me scrapping snart eg og, e blitt alt for lenge siden sist…
Great photos Anne!! Wow that must have been a fantastic time you guys had.
It was indeed 🙂