Kviknes Hotel Balestrand

... rengjøring blir det ...<br>Ble bilder av fosser og natur idag også, med tungt hengende skyer over, har sin sjarm det også. Så et hode som svømte ikke langt fra land en stund, vet ikke om det var sel eller oter, antagelig det første. Var bare ikke mulig å stoppe i nærheten og få sett nærmere, langt mellom plassene iblant.<br>Veien ned fra Gaularfjellet til Bårddalen var minst like spesiell som andre hårnålsvingete nedstigninger jeg ...

... av Jølstravatnet til Astruptunet og fikk meg en trivelig og interessant omvisning - helt alene! Fint sted, men hvordan han greide å brøfø en familie på 8 på så bratte skråninger er imponerende, ved siden av malingen. Men så hadde de det nok ikke fett heller, selv om han fikk god kritikk for bildene sine.<br>Fint var det også over fjellet fra Moskog til Haukedalen. Været har ...

Got our packaged breakfasts from the hotel, but with it being a sandwich, fruit and water it was really more of a lunch, so it was a 7-11 breakfast consisting of their raisin buns (similar to Woolies "Not-Cross" buns) at Central Station before catching our train.<br><br>Today is the "Norway in a Nutshell" tour - it's basically the trip from Oslo to Bergen on public transport, and it's one of the most popular things to do as a tourist in Norway, and I ...

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 ...

... que tan sólo se veía roto por la hora del desayuno, donde apareciamos los turistas con vaqueros, sin afeitar y con la cámara de fotos al hombro. Como comentaba al principio, su ubicación lo convierte en un lugar especial. Se encuentra en "el rey" de los fiordos, en la misma puerta del glaciar Jostedal y rodeado de rutas increibles.

Yesterday I ( I say I, because whilst I was in the conventional place for the steering wheel, I was actually just a passenger) went driving along the roads of Western Norway. Well, not the whole west, just a little bit of Sogn og Fjordane. We were driving to Stryn, which is 2 hours away from Førde, to visit Lillian's mother and her husband, and to stay up in their cabin on the mountain there. It truly was a cabin, just one room, and no ...

... so quick as when shopping was involved under a tight time line. She was by people and up the stairs and into the shop so fast my head spun! The train had arrived and we were able to walk down the platform and board immediately. Soon we were off, the electric Flam railway whisking up the fjord valley, passing by even more spectacular waterfalls and scenery. Not only was I loving the train, but the scenery was amazing. Even Michael, who had been poo pooing ...

Wow, Norway just keeps getting better. Balestrand is a fantastic little place amidst the fjords. I took a boat from Bergen and went along through Sognefjord, Norway's longest, deepest fjord. Along the way were stupendous waterfalls, massive walls of granite and picture perfect farms and houses. The photos are stunning, I just don't have the ability to load them on this computer - but it's free so I'm updating... I loved this place. I hiked up the mountain ...

... pigs on a train ride. It was a very beautiful train ride, starting out fairly flat, but quickly becoming mountainous. From Myrdal we took a very steep descent to Flam, and then a boatride from Flam to Balestrand, where we stayed last night and will also stay tonight. This is part of the famous 'norway in a nutshell' route. And let me tell you, those norway in a nutshellers are nuts!! Lots of crowds and people anxious to get the best view out the windows. We did ...

Well we had a pretty, albeit bouncy, ferry ride from Bergen to Stavanger. They use a fast cat passenger boat, no cars, that took about 4 hours to make the trip. Most of this was inside passages but about an hour or so was open to the North Sea and this tested our sea legs and stomachs. No incidents to report. Also, as this was Norway, lots of rain mixed with a couple of sunny breaks. We found a campground in Stavanger where we pitched our tent on a big ol' lawn with many other ...