Blogs from Odda, Western Norway, Norway, Europe

Der Titel fasst den bisherigen Trip ganz gut zusammen. Wir hatten erst einen Tag ohne Regen, aber auch nur einen Tag ohne Sonne, und bekanntlich gibt es ja kein schlechtes Wetter, sondern nur die falschen Klamotten. Zum Glück hatten wir die richtigen Klamotten dabei, als wir einer Wanderung vom zu früh eintreffenden Regen überrascht wurden. Aber der Reihe nach. Wir arbeiten uns mit unserem gemieteten Wohnmobil an der Westküste von Süden langsam Richtung Norden vor. Am Lysefjord fahren wir mit der Fähre bis ans Ende und dann mit dem Womo weiter zum Kjerag, der den Fjord mehr als 1.000m überragt. Parken kostet dort mal schlappe 300 Kronen = 30 Euro, und dafür darf man dann NICHT mit dem Wohnmobil über Nacht stehen bleiben. Aber der Weg zum Aussichtspunkt am Kjeragbolten, Norwegens berühmtesten Klemmblock, ist sehr spannend ... read more

We had an early start to catch our shuttle up to Skjeggedal and the road up to a tiny village for the trailhead of Trolltunga. Many others had the same idea as our shuttle was full and the car parks were also nearly full. We started at the 400m above sea level mark and were set to increase to almost 1200m at its peak. Reasonably rugged up in merino gear, we set off on our 11km uphill jaunt. It was quite steep with steps constructed from rocks that had been transported up by Nepalese Sherpas, uneven but authentic. Zoë and Marcus travelled easily up the first section which was 1.7km and we rose by about 450m- (which was all under treeline). I struggled, I think due to my cold that is still persisting, making breathing a ... read more

From Jorpeland to Bergen 10 June 2014 Today was a beautiful day, with valleys rimmed with grey granite rocky mountains, some of which were snow-capped. Then there was the magnificent lakes, fjords, rivers with rapids and several thundering waterfalls. the area has important historical connections. Many of the valleys were farmed where we saw lots of white-plastic covered round bales of hay/green crops in green paddocks. There was a little grazing of cattle and sheep. We started our day in the closest camping site to the Pulpit Rock. We left about 9.00am and headed for Tau, Ardal, Hjelmeland (where we caught a 15 minute ferry), Sand (yet another 20 minute ferry), to Olen and west to Haugesund. On the way we passed many more lakes and travelled along the banks of fjords along the sometimes, narrow ... read more