Top o' the morning

Ok. I'm dumb. I have seen many pictures on the web of Alesund and every collection has the same shot. I thought that all those people had basically stolen the best picture of the city they could find and used it for themselves. Well....apparently this picture is available to all for free...with a catch. All you have to do is climb the 418 steps to the mountaintop observatory and it is all yours. Mind you there are 418 steps and also 400 yards of ramps and slopy walkways. I now know that Americans are fat for one extra reason. We don't have observatories above our cities. If we did, we would all weigh less. Of course in the US we would put a McDonalds at the top and everyone would celebrate with an extra value meal. We made the hike today since the weather was nice and the sky was clear. This walk, drag, climb is a must see for visitors here. Check it out.



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