Blogs from Norway, Europe

Lofoten est l'ancien nom de l'île de Vestvag. Le premier élément du mot est ló, « lynx », et le deuxième dérive de fótr, « pied », indiquant que la forme de l'île pourrait avoir été comparée au pied d'un lynx (l'ancien nom de l'île voisine de Flakstad est Vargfót, « le pied du loup »). En norvégien bokmal, les suffixes -en, -a et -ene correspondent aux articles définis français le, la et les. Dès lors, Lofoten est un nom masculin singulier et signifie simplement « le Lofot ». Nous aimons les Lofoten et c'est la troisième fois que nous y venons... l'air est pur, le ciel est toujours bleu (pour nous en tous les cas...), la mer nous rappelle s... read more

Bags packed, breakfast fine, Pippa called which was nice so chatted with her, Chris and Charlie then out of the hotel to our ship. Same departure area when we caught the Hurtigruten ship. Very smooth checkin but this time we had to take all the bags with us. No real problem there, just took a bit longer to get on. Unfortunately our cabin wasn’t ready so we sat in a bar at the pointy end of the ship (window seat). Sailed away early and down the fjords towards Denmark. Cabins now available so off we go. Our cabin is right down the blunt end - Murphy’s law….. Found it after wandering along corridors that never go straight. In we go. Wowsers. Luxurious cabin. Double bed with a couch/3rd bed if needed. Huge porthole and a bathroom ... read more

Woke up with low clouds on the hills around us in Flam. Very pretty. Had a very nice breakfast then off to our fjord tour. Electric ferry, quite eerie as it takes off very quietly. The whole trip was amazingly quiet going in and out of the fjords and several stops along the way. Amazing sights with every turn. Waterfalls became a bit ho hum but still had some good ones as well. Finally got to the end and clamored to the waiting buses for our next part of the tour to Voss. Chris somehow snagged the front seat while I was putting one of the bags under the bus. Winner winner…. Up into the hills with a stop at a hotel where you could go inside/outside and take pics back down the valley we had ... read more

On the train today heading firstly to Myrdal (on the line to Bergen) where we change trains to Flam. The Flam train is a very popular scenic train trip into the township of Flam where we stay overnight before continuing by ferry, bus and train into Bergen on Friday. Some of the scenery along this first part of the trip has been stunning. Lots of lakes and rivers following the train line - or is that the other way. Train following the rivers etc. Very busy train with comfy seats and lots of room around you to stretch out. Quite a few stops along the way but it has moved pretty well. At one stage it was showing the temp was 29 C. Has now fallen to 17 C. Geilo was a small stop before Myrdal, ... read more

Aujourd'hui je vous mettrai des photos de tas d'endroits par où nous sommes passés et qui par le plus grand des hasards commencent par la lettre S... Storslett : dans le comté de Troms dans le Finnmark. Certaines photos ne seront pas renommées par manque de connexion... La Cathédrale arctique est une église protestante de l'Eglise de Norvège située à Tromso Elle fut construite en 1965. Monument emblématique de la ville, elle doit son nom au fait qu'elle est située au-dessus du cercle Arctique.. Elle a été dessinée par Jan Inge Hovic, et ses matériaux de construction sont principalement en béton En raison de son emplacement bien visible et de sa couleur blanche, elle est souvent appelée « l'opéra de Norvège », en comparaison au célèbre Opéra de Sydney en Austra... read more