August 26 Skibladner (Day 334)
We headed back to the downtown today to find a thrift store to donate some summer clothes we no longer want to pack around. Unfortunately the store we found will not open until tomorrow, so we went towards the lakefront. Previously we had looked for an iconic symbol of Lake Mjøsa, the Skibladner, “the world’s oldest paddle steamer in timetabled service”, but it was not at its mooring in Gjøvik at the time.
As we walked down a street towards the lake we passed this model in a window. I went inside to ask if I could take a picture, and it is the office of the company that manages the boat. On closer look, this is a LEGO Skibladner!
We continued to the lake past these beautiful flower boxes lining a street.
And there it was, docked and awaiting its next passengers.
Unfortunately the season for general passengers ended on August 18, it would need to be chartered for a private cruise until September when it is moored for the winter under a special glass-roofed boat house nearby!
It’s a beautiful boat with wonderful symmetry, but much smaller than we expected!
We have passed this building almost every time we’ve gone downtown and I finally got a picture of it. It extends almost a full block behind this double cornered entrance. I just thought it is a beautiful building, very eclectic.
