Chapter 173: The Fjord
After completing the free fall, the person in charge also continued his introduction.
Extracting oil is a very hard and dangerous job, but there are still countless Norwegians who come to work because it pays more than $10,000 a year and only needs to work two weeks every six weeks.
"The treatment is really good," Li Han said with a smile, "I want to immigrate to Norway and apply for a job." ”
The person in charge laughed: "I'm afraid that your income is only not how many times it is 1o dollars." ”
Li Han also laughed, he can earn so much almost every day now, but he is too busy with work, which makes him the most unhappy.
However, Norway is not an oil-rich country, and it has no comparison with countries like Dubai, which can only limit the use of the wealth generated by oil, using only 4% of the wealth each year, and the rest is invested in the ethics fund to protect the country's future from collapsing the country's economy when the oil runs out.
Norway's fishing industry is still the second largest export industry, so it's natural to visit the fishing grounds in Bergen. There are all kinds of fresh marine fish, and there are talented chefs who decided to try Norwegian fish, but they didn't eat it well at noon because they were in a hurry.
There was the big cod, which had just been caught for two hours, and there was a big creature called monkfish, which was very ugly, with abrupt skin, and a large mouth full of sharp teeth, which took up almost half of its head, and its head took up almost half of its length. And this ugly sea fish that people don't want to see at a second glance turned out to be a delicacy, the meat is rich in gelatin, and the fish liver is delicious, and it is called "foie gras in the sea".
"Is this thing really edible?" Li Han pointed at the strange-looking fish in disbelief and shouted. "That's ugly, isn't it?"
"The taste was amazing, cold. If you taste it, you'll love it. Lydia laughed as she pulled his hand back, "Be careful, it'll bite anything that comes to its mouth, look at its teeth." ”
The cod is fried in plenty of butter, the snow-white flesh is fried until golden brown on both sides, and it is fragrant and tender in the mouth, and the side dish is gherkins and chanterelles. It couldn't have been more tender.
Just two hours out of the water, this is unimaginable for the average restaurant, and the chef still thinks it is not fresh enough, so Li Han decided to go back to the yacht and try to fry the freshly caught cod in butter when he sails on his yacht. The Nordics seem to like to put thyme in their dishes, and Li Han used to use it as medicine, but he has never tried to use it in stir-frying. I've been eating it for the past few days, but I've also liked the taste.
When the monkfish was served, it had been processed and it was impossible to see its true face, which made Li Han breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't know if he would dare to start if it was a whole fish or something like that. However, Westerners eat roasted whole goose except for Christmas and the like, and it is impossible to see the original appearance of the usual meat. It's all handled so beautifully that customers only think of the meat and not the animal when they see it.
After dinner, they rushed again to the port, where they would take a cruise all the way north. Complete the entire fjord sightseeing tour. It is worth mentioning that northern Norway is close to the Arctic Circle. They will be able to see glaciers and the aurora. Li Han planned to find an opportunity to find a crack in the glacier, take a piece of ice as far as he could, and see if he could find a thousand-year-old ice.
In Norwegian, fjord means deep into the bay of the Inner 6. Norway has a long coastline, but if you look closely at it on a map, you can see how fragmented it is. The formation of the fjords dates back to the Ice Age, when the erosion of glaciers created many "u" and "V" shaped valleys between the steep valleys and cliffs, and the water flowing into these bays formed the Jedi beauty that people see today
The cruise leaves at 1o'clock in the evening and arrives in Ålesund at 12 noon the next day. As for now, it is natural to find a place with a good view and prepare to enjoy the scenery of the Norwegian fjords - you must know that the polar day in Norway has just begun, even if it is 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, if you want to sleep, you must completely close the curtains with very good blackout, otherwise you will only feel that you are on the day in broad daylight. Bed to sleep.
There were one or two rains a day, and it rained a lot in the morning, but they were visiting the town hall and didn't get caught in the rain.
However, the rain in Norway is neither thunder nor windy, and the air is exceptionally fresh and the forests become greener after the rain. The abundant rain and the melting snow and springs of the glacier make the waterfalls in the fjord numerous and can be seen everywhere, and the waterfalls and springs on the cliffs are either tinkling or roaring, converging into a beautiful symphony of nature.
Geirangerfjord is one of the most beautiful and mysterious of the Norwegian fjords. The fjord is 16 kilometres long and is flanked by mountains over 15 metres above sea level. It is known for its numerous waterfalls, many cascading down steep rock walls into the fjord, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2oo5 along with Nærøyfjord.
Alesund is home to fishing, whales and seals, but the cruise ships only stay here for three hours, so they don't have time to eat here, so they have to walk around and see the beauty.
From south to north, one after the other, endless twists and turns of fjords and countless glacial relics make up the magnificent Norwegian fjord landscape. Alesund, on the other hand, is one of the most beautiful towns lying in the arms of the fjord. The city has a distinctly "Art Nouveau" design character, with numerous bunkers, towers, ornaments and colourless houses that give the town a fairytale feel. This uniform architectural style is the result of a historical catastrophe and the influence of early foreign aid.
On January 22-23, 19o4, a fire on the hell ship left tens of thousands of people homeless in the wooden city. The disaster has even developed a mantra in Norway: "Nothing has been worse since the fire in Doålesund...... and locals often use expressions like "before the fire" and "after the fire" when describing events.
After the fire, German Kaiser? William II was quick to lend a helping hand: in addition to the necessities and building materials, there was also a plan for the redevelopment of the city – the German "Art Nouveau" architectural style, which was very popular at the time. It is for this reason that Alesund was the only city in the county of Møller-Rumsdal that was not destroyed by the German Nazis in 194o. Is there still a memorial to Cather in the park of the city of Ålesund? Statue of William II.
Ålesund is made up of three small islands, and Li Han and Lydia aim for the southernmost Bird Cliff to visit the bird's paradise of Lund Island. Although it is only a small island, it is home to 5o thousand bird families every year, which means that at least a million birds stop here, of which more than 22o have been identified, and the most famous is the puffin.
Li Han didn't know much about birds, especially the millions of them staying on a small island, which made people only sigh at its magnificence, and it made it difficult to distinguish their species.
Countless birds rise and fall on the island, sometimes flying over the sea in search of food, sharp eyes can find fish hiding beneath the surface, but a single dive can pick up a fish and bring it back to the nest to feed its children.
Time is a bit tight, otherwise they can go out fishing with the yacht. It is said that there are a lot of fish in Ålesund, and fishing here is like casting a net to catch fish in other places, one after another, which is very refreshing. Li Han is thinking about coming back next time, maybe he can come over on his small yacht, which is not too far anyway.
Before leaving, Li Han saw the hostess of a red house by the sea come out and pick up a cage from the seaside, which contained a cage full of big crabs, and there were at least a dozen of them. He is a big fan of crabs, and his favorite is hairy crabs, and he enjoyed them when the Thames were flooded with hairy crabs last year. But it's still early for hairy crabs, and the sea crabs will be gone.
This is followed by a journey to the fjord, with undulating mountains on both sides of the fjord, high mountains and deep valleys on both sides, steep slopes at the bottom of the valley, long vertically, clouds and mist, and ethereal. The water in the fjord is crystal clear and mirror-like. Even if the sea roars in the wind and waves, when it reaches the fjord, it has to obediently bow its head to the high mountains, put away its irritable mood, and become calm.
There are no pleasure boats passing by in the distance, and there are hardly any waves on the surface of the fjord. Under the sun's rays, the sea is shimmering. The terrain on both sides of the fjord is dangerous, and there are few places to climb 6, and there are occasionally quaint houses dotted along the mountainside, and there is life in the wildness.
It was six o'clock in the morning when we arrived at Trondheim, but because of the polar day, it was not clear what time of day it was. They will be here for 6 hours, with plenty of time for them to explore the city.
"It's not bad, I just had breakfast early and went out to play, and I came back for lunch." Li Han said that there are many attractions in Trondheim, but the first place to go is the city center square, which is at the intersection of two main streets, King Olaf and Monk's Street, where a statue of the pirate king Olaf I stands.
Li Han deliberately checked the life of this pirate king, there is no shortage of bandits and robbers in the history of the Huang Kingdom who pulled up a large army and wanted to rebel, but after all, this kind of person is really successful, after all, there are only a few, he is very curious about how this Olaf I succeeded.
Olaf I was a well-known pirate king, a murderous but devout Christian. He once led a pirate fleet with the Danish King Svan the Bearded King on the English River up the Thames to London. When they were about to set fire to London, King Æthelred II of England offered a large sum of silver in exchange for stopping the burning of London. It happened that a peasant uprising broke out in Norway and overthrew King Dinhakon. Upon hearing the news, Olaf Trikvason immediately left England with his pirate ship and returned to Norway. After Haakon was killed, Olaf became king of Norway.
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