This is an accounting of a Baltic Cruise I am taking with Joanne Schutz. We leave Wednesday June 5, 2019 and are expected home onThursday June 20, 2019.
Bergen 8 - Main Course and Desert
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For our main course we had Swordfish or Chicken. For desert Vanilla Risotto, Chocolate Volcano or Creme Brûlée. All meals were delicious on this Viking Cruise.
Phillips from USA found oil on a shelf in Norway on 12/23/69. They were looking since 1963. Most energy in Norway is wind and water.
Workers in oil work for 2 weeks and stay home for 4 weeks. 7% work directly in oil and 80% of the jobs are indirectly touched by oil production.
Norway pays for all Medical Care and Education through a Masters Degree for anyone, Norwegians and from other places. Taxes are 25-70% of income.
123 perished in oil accident and 89 survived. Since then many changes have taken place - better life jackets and life boats, and better physical entrance exams.
The pictures give some facts about the oil production. One picture shows the drill - how wide it is on top and how narrow it becomes closer to the oil source.
Bergen is the City of the seven mountains. Until the 18thcentury, Bergen was the largest city in Norway. It was also the capital in the 13th century. The Hanseatic League lived here; there were 2,000 merchants. Norway became an independent country in 1905. There are 5.3 million people in Norway with 230,000 in Bergen. Viking time in Norway was 793 to 13th century.
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