Fretheim Flåm

So, we decided to do the 7 hour train journey from Bergen to Oslo, since it is rated as being in the top 20 train journeys in the World! We weren't disappointed!!

We were booked on the train just before 8am from Bergen, and when we boarded, we were disappointed to find that we were in a 'two-seater' type seat, and only had half a window between us to view the amazing scenery :-( How unlucky!!

The ...

... 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!

... cabin´s porch as it was raining all the time we stayed there.

My mum was almost ecstatic when she found all the big and tasty mushrooms all around the cabin. Well, you should know that we - Czechs - are the biggest fans of picking mushrooms. So the first my mum cooked was a delicious mushroom ragout.

... is very Norwegian, with lots of close relatives here, and brings her family to Norway often. When we found out both our families were going to be in Europe this summer we made plans to meet up in her home land. And we are very glad we did, because of the beauty of the area and the fun we had with her and her relatives. But more on that later, tonight we hook up for a Fourth of July picnic of pesto chicken pasta, Norwegian beer and cookies. We told tales from the road, caught ...

... 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!)

... Flåm at the bottom of the valley (eating ice cream) before boarding the ferry for a cruise down the Aurlandsfjord, it's quite a specie trip - and relaxing, particularly with a beer ;-)

We could've then taken a bus and the train direct to Bergen all in one night, but we had planned to stop off in Stalheim for the night. Wow! I can see why this place is UNESCO world heritage listed (including the hotel) - stunning, stunning, stunning view ...

Knut inquired *bout climbing ge*r *nd we he*ded up to ****rdsbreen Gl*cier. Spent the d*y going *bout 3km up the gl*cier *nd g*ining 350m in *ltitude. Ni (nine) g*rd (f*rm) breen (gl*cier) The gl*cier got its n*me from the 9 f*rms th*t were t*ken out when it *dv*nced some ...

So I had come to Norway to stay with my friend Lise Marie, no particular plans in mind but some ideas. We ended up going with her cousin on this incredible 3-day road trip, which is hands down one of the best experiences of my life. We grabbed some sleepings bags and pads to sleep on, some food and set off to I don't even know where. I don't know the slightest bit of Norwegian so I didn't understand nor remember ...

... hours. We stayed in a very cozy little cabin and took advantage of a long sun break on Friday to explore the area (see photo). We considered changing our travel plans here and spending another night but the Vandrerjem was fully booked. So - after our walk we boarded the ferry for a 2 hour trip through Nærofjorden, the narrowest fjord in Norway (see photo) to the even smaller coastal town of ...