It was this traditional sailboat under norwegian flag which came in late yesterday and made me curious. Promptly greeted upon my arrival and invited to come on board, despite a bit of a language barrier. While getting an intro into the history of the boat, I suddenly had an icecold Nordpils in my hand and we kept chatting.
Nordlandsjekta Brødrene represents 400 years of trade history in which Northern Norway got connected via Bergen with Northern Europe through these cargo sailing vessels. Although being a replica, the tradition is being kept alive and provides another proof how much effort it took to get the stockfish to its main customers in Italy and Portugal. The story goes on and on…as does my reading and research. Nice encounter including participating a short harbour manouver.
I went on with the walk in an even better mood feeling a bit dizzy in my head knowing Nordpils before noon will not become my regular habit. It was nice though not forgetting to emphasise the norwegian welcoming openness and hospitality. The scenery keeps offering endless remarkable motifs.
The artwork on Skrova is presented in a very diverse manner. Divers in the sense of location, type of art, posh or rough, political or not, historical or modern, etc. I believe, I have seen most of it by now but would not be surprised, if there is a bit more not detected yet.
Fair winds…
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