Hotel Mundal Western Fjords

... recommended walking path which might have ended close to the glacier, but the weather was so awful that after a 30-minute exhausting walk in endless drizzle we decided to get back to our car. And before we arrived we had been soaking wet and frozen hard apart from the fact that my mum was muttering all the way there and back.

Thanks god cars have heating systems nowadays :-)

... geocache which was placed right behind the upper stone fence.

As we were hanging around the church far too long we almost missed our ferry back. We were running downhill through the orchards crazily (even the lamest amongst us :-)), but the capitain took pity on us (he was observing the road through his binoculars so he must had seen us) and waited patiently. Everyone on board was amused by our rushing embarkation. Great easygoing Norwegians!

We arrived to Sogndal in late afternoon and started to look for a place to stay. The low season had already started so we found a beautiful place very easily at the Lems - very friendly couple who run private cabins. We rented a cabin with marvellous views over the fjord and mountains.
What a pity we could not use ...

... ennå. Og på veien hit så jeg flere isbreer enn jeg kunne huske fantes på Sognefjell, men så er det minst 15 år siden sist jeg kjørte denne veien, tror jeg.
- sitter her og skriver og kikker ut av vinduet på Sognefjellhytta på et såkalt miserabelt vær, men når du savner fjell til hverdags er tilogmed dette ganske trivelig - skal prøve å ta meg en fottur imorgen før jeg kjører videre, selv om det ikke er varslet noe bedre vær da heller...

... hele dagen, begynte med regn, var opphold men lave skyer og tåke i Fjærland, mer regn tilbake i Lunde og Skei, og da jeg kom til Astruptunet regnet og blåste det hvite skumtopper på Jølstravannet, men innen jeg reiste derfra var det blitt sol og nesten blikk på vannet.
Stoppet for å spise 'lunsj' på veien mellom Haukedalsvatnet og Eldalsosen, og rakk så vidt få i meg tre br ...

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 ...

... our yummy Indian food in the parking lot, crossed the barrier to get closer to the glacier, and swam in glacier water too! I didn't dive under like Astrid and Lise did but I went in the water to about my waist. It was freezing!

The beauty of this place, and all of Norway for that matter, is astounding. So is the cost of everything! It's so expensive, but so worth it. Anyway I have a ton of photos, see for yourself.

... Norway, (more than two thirds of the year it rains in the city), we lucked out with a beautiful day as we cruised along through the fjords. They started out lined with islands, holiday homes and trees, and looked very similar to the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada, but as we got further out the hills rose to mountains on either side of us, most of them snow-capped, and the trees became huge, thick forests reaching down to the deep blue water of ...

... one hotel, a museum and that is everything. Well you can imagine how we kept busy waiting 4 hours for our boat to bring us back to Bergen. We had our usual $50 lunch, then later on who knows how much on coffee and dessert. (There is this Daim torte that is to die for!!!!) The trip to the Songefjord is awesome and indescribable. It is the longest and deepest ...

... suve Norras puhkamas!), kes elavad siledal lagedal, praktiliselt mägedeta ja väheste järvedega maal - Saksamaal, ütlesid, et mäed (Alpid) on neil vaid ühes riigi nurgas ning järvesid on nii vähekene, et mine millise juurde tahes, ikka on murdu rahvast. Et norrakaid on ikka tõesti õnnistatud nende mägede ja järvede ja fjordide ja asjadega...