Midtnes Hotel Balestrand

... kjørt før, bratt men imponerende.<br>Ble første riktige stopp i Sogndal for å spise lunsj - som ble middag - kjøttkaker for annen gang på turen. Får jo ikke sånt i Sverige, og en liten variant ble det, surkål og grønnsaker i stedet for ertestuing og grønnsaker, selv om det var det som sto på menyen!<br>Mens jeg kjørte opp på Sognefjellet kom jeg på hvorfor det er så bra å komme til fjells, det er jo alltid det jeg savner i Sverige, at ...

... 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.<br>Stoppet for å spise 'lunsj' på veien mellom Haukedalsvatnet og Eldalsosen, og rakk så vidt få i meg tre br ...

... see why!!<br><br>First up we met a French guy, Frederic who was an engineer working in Oslo who had brought his parents, uncle and grandfather along for the trip. Also doubled as a helpful guide since he'd done the trip himself beforehand and knew what to expect, although he didn't quite share our excitement at taking photos so early cos "it gets better", but hey - we were seeing snow for the first time, even if it was so far away on the horizon ...

... go. <br><br>The next d*y we went to Juv*shytte to ski. We got to the top of four 2000m pe*ks including the t*llest point in Norw*y - G*ldhopigg*n, *t 2469m. It is *lso the t*llest point in northern Europe. It is *bsolutely stunning views from there. Check out the photos.

Balenstrand es uno de los muchos pueblos que nos podemos encontrar por los fiordos, con la particularidad que está muy bien situado. Se trata de un lugar donde se respira la paz por cualquiera de sus esquinas, únicamente rota por la llegada de alguno de los barcos que pertiten su comunicación con el resto de poblaciones. La llegada del ...

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 ...

... was not that great. Instead, I headed back the other way and went down this road that crossed the rail way and discovered a beautiful valley, the gravel/stone road clinging to the side of the cliff with the train a ways higher. Below was a switchback road (single lane road at that) all the way to the bottom. You can't see it in the photo's, but it was cool. And I stood at the top of the waterfall, it was amazing. But time was short, or so I thought, so I ...

Grocery shopping in Balestrand. Your cabin, "Kraben".... Norwegian meatball and pasta for dinner, with the dining table overlooking the fjord...... Postcard sent to colleagues in Sydney : "You know where to find me if you dont see me back by Nov..."

... an interesting couple on the train. They are from Oregon but have british accents. they are an older couple, maybe late sixties to seventies, and the husband was a busy little guy that couldn't sit still for even 5 minutes. He kepts switching seats, striking up conversations, and must have taken his manila envelope out of his backpack 100 times during the 4 hour ride. We ended up following the couple all the way to balestrand, and since we arrived here, we have ...

... and RV'ers. There were showers, a place to do laundry and only a 3 km hike to town. This was to be our home for a few days. There are a couple of pictures that kept showing up in the brochures. One was Preikestolen or Pulpit Rock which is a flat block of rock about 1800 feet above the Lysefjord and has sheer cliffs on three sides. The other was Kjerag which is a rock that is wedged between two mountains and sits 3500 feet above the fjord with a sheer drop. This is a ...