Day 19: Fri 28 Jul: Fredrikstad

Weather: heavy rain while we were eating breakfast then fine with short periods of sunshine during the day.

Had a little sleep in till 6:30 this morning as it's a rest day, yippeeeee! Took our time over breakfast and an extra cuppa. Wendy decided to have a real rest (head cold still persisting) day so Greg wandered off by himself initially but soon bumped into Mick and Kate at the ferry which goes from the city to the Old Town. The Old Town is actually a 17th century Fort from King Fredrik II's days on earth. Great old buildings, bridge, moat, cannon and even some goats and chook breeds from that era.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and wandering; just what the doctor ordered. Dinner was Mexican.

View from our room

Victoria Hotel breakfast room

Park and church opposite our hotel

The old wooden houses are lovely

Plenty of park art around


A nice piece of park art


The money tied up in pleasure boats in Scandinavia is staggering

A nice oldish cruiser

The modern city houses are quite brutal

The free local ferry

Now that's a park bench

Cannons at the Old Fort

Great old drawbridge at the fort

Fort entrance

A street in the old town

18th century church in the old town

Can't resist a pretty bike

Fredrikstad's Methodist Church

The Dom Fredrikstad

Inside

A pretyy square in Fredrikstad

The canal near the city Centre

Nice old buildings in Fredrikstad


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