Fossli Hotel Eidfjord

... was packed as well, so we couldn't even move :-( Then, after setting off, the guard announced over the tannoy that upgrades were available for 90 kroner (about £9) Comparatively, train travel in Norway is really cheap compared to everything else there. It only cost us about £20 for our original (bought in advance) tickets.

When the guard came round, we asked for the upgrade, and ended up with a 4 ...

... doing nursing and teaching English. She was off to Greenland when I left her. Anyway I took the Flam train on the 5th and it was beautiful because you climbed the mountains and viewed all of Flam, passing through cloud and into the mountain, it was better than the oslo to bergen train and it lasted a very short hour. I am back in Oslo now to begin the next leg of my journey and am finally washing my clothes.
Bye!

... uteplass og toaletter, og tok noen bilder, da en ørn fant det for godt å ta en sving rundt meg så jeg fikk noen brukbare bilder av den!

Fikk etter en del telefonering et rom på Bjørkheim motell, mellom Tysse og Norheimssund - nå løper seks hester på veien på den andre siden av bukta mens jeg sitter og skriver! ute på vift? - Alle stedene ...

... and figural, just blasted out of the stone, dark and damp and curvy. Our necks were sore and camera batteries expended from checking out all the beautiful vistas, snow covered domes and countless waterfalls.

In Flam we had plans to meet up with our friends and fellow European tour travelers, Karen, Rachel, and Tanner Kozen. We have known the Kozen’s , from Minnesota, for many years. (Steve met Tim Kozen, who had to stay home and feed the pets, in highschool ...

... før eg fòr på Vangen og kjøpte kaka, samt gjorde klart mitt beste overraskelsessmil. Overraskelse blei det, tanto opna døra i overbevisning om at det var heimehjelpen som kom:-) (For dei som no er blodig fornærma fordi eg var på Voss utan å ta kontakt med dei - denne dagen var dedikert til tante Høg!)

... Los contrastes de luz, con las nubes, montañas verdes o nevadas y con el agua tan transparente es impresionante. Eidfjord es un bonito pueblo que se encuentra justo al final del Sorfjorden. Como todos los fiordos es un lugar tranquilo, pero este además incorpora multitud de rutas para hacer senderismo, así como su propio ...

... as well, and I found it interesting how narrow the roads were. I thought the number of tunnels was fascinating and Astrid and Lise were fascinated that I was fascinated, because it wasn't a big deal to them. So, when we came up to the world's longest road tunnel they let me drive through it. It's called Laerdal Tunnel.

We just drove and stopped at all the interesting places, just pulling over by some ...

... do some biking and hiking in the magical Norwegian woods. Indeed, I would highly recommend renting a bicycle from the Flåm Tourist Office (50 NOK/hr or US $10/hr), getting a train ticket back up to Myrdal (210 NOK/US $42) with a bike transport supplement (80 NOK/US $13), and the 40-km (25 mile) downhill ride past waterfalls, bucolic villages, and along a glacial brook would be priceless! The other option, which I also did, was to ride along the ...

Today I Parabungeed (sp??) and Sea Kayaked. It was unbelievably beautiful! For those who don't know... parabungy is a bungy jump. But instead of jumping like off of a bridge or whatever you are behind a boat like a normal parasail and then you jump off of a platform while up in the parasail... Voss, Norway is the only place in the world you can do this... and I did it!!! Photos soon to follow...

... almost fall asleep on the path taking a "short break" or "nap"... whichever... Managed to get him going again and when we reached the top, instead of seeing a good clear view of the fjords, we saw a cloud rapidly moving towards us with a good solid sheet of rain... Only spent a coupe of minutes at the top of Prest (1363m above sea ...