Blogs from Voss, Western Norway, Norway, Europe

Yes, we are cold but loving it. We have returned to an apartment in Voss to spend the weekend in the snow. The weather on arrival, and in fact, all the way up here, was not great with lots of rain, but on arrival there is plenty of snow and it should be a great weekend. The apartment is nice and comfortable with a pretty good view over a lot of the area. The week in Bergen has been a bit unpredictable with the weather but we have had a good time doing a few things and enjoying the snow. We have had snow most days, but not a huge amount, but on Thursday we really did enjoy just sitting and watching heavy snow for much of the day. It transforms Chris and Heges house and ... read more

I know that an 11 hour bus journey is not everyone's idea of fun...but I loved every minute of it. The scenery was spectacular and the change in weather between the west coast (low misty cloud cover) to the high midlands snow everywhere yet everyone continued as normal (not like in the UK a bit of snow and we come to a standstill) and the east coast drizzle and grey was beautiful. The trip involved a ferry crossing that lasted 25 mins which went without a hitch....that is 2 boat trips now that I have almost enjoyed, so feeling rather confident for my Irish road trip later in 2013! There were lots of tunnels through the mountains, that reminded me of my childhood journeys via old Ygoslavia. The Norwegian bus system is different to long haul ... read more