“Everybody hates the ‘Venus’”. Had a horrid crossing and didn’t get in till 6 p.m. to-day. I was of course, ill quite soon and then slept from midnight till 5 p.m.! We had no cabins, and the ship rolled so much that all the shoes were shooting all over the floor and we slipped from one end to the other of the slippery seat. It rained in torrents too. Archie, Dan with fiancée and sister, John, Robert, Brownie and self all on board: the others have gone on ahead. Have been for a short walk: Bergen is really delightful with picturesque houses and surrounded by wooded hills. I had no idea it was so far from the open sea: it took us ages coming up the fjords. As you walk along the “Tygsbrygge” you have the quays on one side and old fashioned houses, like so many in Hamburg, on the other - Bergen was one of the old Hanseatic towns and had much trade with Hamburg, Lübeck etc. A big fire in 1916 destroyed some 400 houses, and now there are wide streets and handsome big business buildings.
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