Hardanger Hotel Odda
Eitrheimsveien 13 Odda, Hordaland, Western Fjords, 5750, Norway
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Een bergwandelingetje
Sommige zaken zijn héél evident in het leven. Dit tochtje achteraf bekeken niet zo zeer. Maar toch, het resultaat deed ons de zere knieën even vergeten. Op enkele meters van de gletsjer Folgefonna. Eerder op de dag kwamen we al verschillende mooie watervallen tegen die ons al naar meer deden verlangen. Enkele pics ...
The day after the thanksgiving that never was...
The first place I decide I wanted to go when I moved to Norway I knew almost nothing about. I had only seen a photo of some people standing on a rock, yet it looked amazing so I set myself on getting there. However summer has already turned to fall and work has been constant up until the last week or so, I had pretty much come to the conclusion I would not see it for myself.
Yet what has been a frustratingly slow month for me and my roommates turned into a bit of ...
The Hardanger Roundtrip...
... all of it was on bendy roads with the occasional dodging of oncoming campers and trucks. While there ARE upgrades being made to the routes by adding viewing platforms and whatnot, the roads themselves are largely left alone as they are considered part of the whole 'experience'. Or as Martijn likes to call it: 'A bloody deathtrap!'. The roads are listed as having a speedlimit of 80 km/h, but we barely went faster than 50 km/h and would probably have been in for some serious ...
Water, Both Flat And Vertical.
... up again, 10 seconds later all but 2 slices of bread and all the cheese and other cold cuts of meat were gone... Still, we ended up having a bit of breakfast in the end :)
After this we packed up and started on the road to Kinsarvik. We had a few stops along the way planned and the first one was at a waterfall called 'Langfoss', which means as much as 'Tall Waterfall'...
This was a very accurate and true name since the waterfall ...
Fjorden!!!
... although nice, were pretty amused by us wanting to go there in regular sneakers. Instead we hiked to Buer, a huge glacier (see pic), which was a nice 3.5 hour hike.
It's hard to put this place into words...the air smells incredible, with massive mountains, blue-green fjords and clear skies at every turn. The final pic below (taken on our drive to the more northern fjords the next day) hopefully does it justice...
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This hotel was formerly known as: Hardanger



