Famous visitors!

Well, Bergen may only be the second largest city in Norway, but it still features on many itineraries!  We get rock musicians, opera singers, politicians and royalty (HRH Prnce Charles and Camilla visited a month or so ago!).

Yesterday, it was the turn of Aung San Suu Kyi to grace Bergen with her amazing presence.  She was here to accept the Rafto award, which was given to her in 1990, a year before the Nobel prize, but which she could not accept in person, because at the time she thought she would not be allowed to return to Burma (or is it Myanmar now?).

We stood with thousands of others on Torgallmenningen - it was an amazing and emotional gathering. 



Quote from her speech: “We must learn to live together, to work together, to trust one another, and to respect one another.”

Not only in Burma!