Blogs from Hardanger, Western Norway, Norway, Europe

Well, it rained quite heavily last night and continued through until morning. It was a light drizzle during my run but a comfortable temperature of around 20 degrees. The rain actually stopped around 10am so it was dry but overcast when we departed. We headed out around 11am along one of the narrower roads once again but we are getting used to them now. The first photo op was called Fossen Brutte and it was a spectacular waterfall. Actually, our timing was great as due to the rain overnight there were actually about 50 small waterfalls along the drive coming down from the mountains. And the big waterfalls we saw were flowing VERY heavily today! On to Steinsdalfossen which is another gorgeous waterfall where you can actually climb up to near the top of the falls ... read more

Dnesni den je v podste posledni, protoze zitra uz cestujeme zpet, a tudiz v planu je pohoda a odpocinek. Vstavame pozde a vyhrabat se z postele je docela narocne, protoze me nohy jsou jako ze dreva. I Peta boli nohy a to uz je co rict. Snidame, balime, uklizime chatku a vracime klice. Jeste rychla osvezujici sprcha za dvacet korun, jsem trochu nastvana, ze to tepla voda neni v cenu kempu, a jdeme opet zkusit stesti s prohlidkou kostela. Tentokrat je otevreny. Hned po vystoupeni z auta okamzite bez hledani objevuji kesku, kterou jsem dva dny pred tim nemohla vubec najit. Kostel je krasny, ale musim priznat, ze vyzdoba kostela v Ardalu se mi libila mnohem vic. Chvili diskutujeme, zda se jit podivat ke dvou vodopadum ci se jednoho vzdat a misto toho prolizt obchody v ... read more

Well I only have a couple of days left now till I head home which is amazing but then when I think of all I've seen and done it does feel like I've been away a while. By the way as there are no Internet cafes in Bergen as far as I can make out, the remaining photos won't go up until I get home (Saturday). Thanks for nearing with me and all this barren text. Today is my excursion day. I got a special multi-ticket to get a train to Myrtal then the extra special train from Myrtal to Flåm and then the express boat all the way back to Bergen through the fjords.  I have to admit I wasn't in the best of sorts heading out. I hadn't slept well last night and ... read more

I didn't have the best nights sleep, but my spirits were cheered as tucked into a very impressive breakfast. After a while i noticed that most people were making themselves a pack lunch from the breakfast buffet to take with them so I did likewise. I also did this for the next 4 days at the hostels I stayed in. It was only when I was talking with someone later on that I was told that you were supposed to pay for the sandwiches at £1.30 a slice - I did feel slightly guilty that I hadn't paid but that soon passed. I had booked with joklagutane.no to go Glacier walking joklagutane.no which cost 490 NOK, I met the guide at the railway station at 11:00 and we hiked for 1.5 hours to reach the base ... read more