Found out about last windmill in Amsterdam city proper (we had spotted it on our canal cruise and asked our hotel guy and he really had to think hard to figure out what we were talking about), ran across town and back in one hour just to see it before flight to Bergen. We really did just see it… across a hill. We took a video, though! + Flight to Bergen, walked around harbor + Went to super market (Remi 1000) and bought canned fruit, bread, cookies, mackarel and sardines + Found RAMEN at the supermarket! + Sunset on mountain and Funicular, Mackarel and Sardines with paninis from the airplane for dinner, old lady on the funicular.

Story:
Grandma on the Bergen funicular, Grandma pat
On the way down from the mountain after sunset in Bergen, we took the 9:00 funicular down. We start noticing that there is a stream of elderly people who are coming down from the restaurant into the funicular. At first, we comfortably fit into the funicular, but as we waited some more, there were so many elderly people that we gave up our seat and had to stand against the side of the car. Some couldn’t fit and had to wait for the next one in half an hour. While standing and waiting for the funicular to start, an elderly lady who was sitting close by starts talking to Amy in Norwegian and gestures towards the seats that used to be ours. Amy interprets it as “Thanks for giving up the seat, that was very nice of you.” and Amy nods and smiles and waves “No problem!” The lady then gives Amy a Grandma Pat. You know, the firm, yet commanding pat + squeeze of approval? When the funicular starts moving, Amy is facing away from the pole when the lady gets her attention and starts saying more and gesturing what Amy interpreted as “Turn around and hold on to the pole!” which Amy did, and the lady continued speaking and gesturing a swaying motion, which Amy interpreted as “Yeah, that’s right. You need to hold on! The car will sway back and forth and you could fall!” Again, Amy smiles and nods and tries to thank her for her advice. Finally, when we reached the bottom, there was such a rush of people that we didn’t get a chance to get one last look at her and thank her for her kind caring. Amy is pretty bummed about this. Fortunately, Amy had stolen a picture of her while waiting for the funicular to start