Day 2: Tour of Norway

Monday 3^rd August 2014

Landed in Norway!

After a quick bus ride from the airport we arrived at our hotel, in a beautiful spot in the middle of Stavanger city. A few of us went for a walk through the streets before meeting our host, Tore Laerdal in the afternoon. Tore is the Chairman of Laerdal Medical and Managing Director of Laerdal Global Health; two great organizations dedicated to emergency care, resuscitation and helping save lives, both at birth and at the time of sudden illness or trauma. Our first activity for the afternoon was a tour of the Norweigan Children’s Museum, where we saw Åsmund S. Laerdal’s original exhibition of childhood toys. The “Anne” doll is the toy that eventually became the famous CPR manikin, “Resusci Anne,” which since 1960 has helped save well over 1 million lives.

After the childhood museum, we took a walk through the cobblestone streets of the Old Town of Stavanger. These led us down to the water, where we soon boarded a cruise boat that would take us through a 42km-long saltwater fjord named the Lysefjord.

 

 

 

 

The view was spectacular. As was the company. 

… And the food. Our very generous hosts took us to the Helleren Fjord Restaurant right down on the water, where we sat until the sun went down at around 10pm.

In between all of this we drank freshwater from the Hengjane Waterfall, looked up at the famous Pulpit Rock, and watched salmon splash about in the salmon farms.

   

    A very beautiful start to an exciting trip!