Skandia Sommerpensjonat Bergen

... english lady on the bus that I had a chat with. When we got off on the way back she was slowly and carefully making her way down the stairs and still a whole hoard of tourists just barge on up almost knocking her out of the way. She was tough though and she cursed them and told them how rude they were but they just laughed. Europeans can be the rudest people

Today was another travel day for us, but it was also a sightseeing day as well. We did the Norway in a Nutshell tour. Mark Olson, a colleague from work told me about this tour but we didn't have enough time during our last visit, so it was a priority on this one. You can do this trip in as many days as you'd like, but we didn't think the kids would as interested in looking at the fields, forests, and fjords as we are... so we ...

... gravel trail nearer the top to reach the 400m Summit. Not even the rain could dampen our spirits any further and we decided to name Floyen our 'Happy Mountain' although we were both tired and exhausted. We reached the Summit with relative ease and took a brief rest stop at the Upper Station at the top after getting our Cards punched. The weather was miserable and visibility poor but our spirits were raised we have now completed the fifth mountain ...

... their TV, a table that my Great Grandpa Nelson made, 7 skylights, and glass doors and windows that take up most of the walls. It has a beautiful view of the mountains, the sea, and you can even see a glacier. Nancy brought us upstairs, where there is another living room, and a long hall that leads to 2 bedrooms and another bathroom. She gave us each our own room saying that "sometimes it's nice to have your own space." Nancy backpacked Europe around our age as well, so she was a wealth ...

... way. We stopped in Fjaerland, for another glacier visit. This glacier was not nearly half as large as Briksdal glacier, but still another photo opportunity. We then drove across the street to the glacier museum. This museum had all kinds of exhibits, including how glaciers and fjords are formed, why glaciers seem blue, and how global warming is affecting the glaciers. We proceeded to the small village of Vik to see one of Norway's famous Stave ...

We got into Bergen this morning around 8am. It was gorgeous watching the ship pull into port at 5am as the sun rose. Once getting off the ship, I literally got on my knees and touched the ground...it felt so good to be stable for the first time in 9 days. Bergen is beautiful...very historic and bustling. It is pretty cold and the weather is bipolar. When we got off the ship, it was about 50 and ...

... watching to see if an inspector was going to get on and issue me with a big fine, for the sake of Eur2.20 it just isn't worth the tension, but on my very next train ride here i was doing the exact same thing again. I was trying to look cool but i felt like everybody's eyes were on me, the people probably weren't taking any notice but when you are knowingly doing something illegal like that you start thinking all sorts. I pressed a few buttons on the machine and made it look like ...

... and Sasha is saying there is a train at 1735 and we get in at 1732, but my itinerary for the tour says train is at 1917...so we get to the voss station and the train is there, and i grab Andreas coat for him from up above and we take off for the train. we get to the train and Andreas realizes hes left something....Sasha and i are standing in the door hoping he will make it as the conductor is getting close to blowing the whistle. Andreas comes back ...

... associate with farm house windows. The area was so quiet, almost deserted. Could be a siesta scene. The local supermarket a few streets away has an appearance of a German grocery twenty years ago, inside the stock was piled on the shelves which would drive a sale-driven English market director completely nuts. Marketing charm is absolutely lost on Norway. Which I did not mind ...

... USD. Woohoo! And after an incredibly wet day on Saturday, we were completely blessed with a blue sky and feathery clouds. I couldn't have asked for better photographic circumstances, so thank you, God! Now before taking this train ride, I thought that the route between Bergen and Oslo would be pretty similar geography and climate as my Hamar. Boy was I in for a surprise!! Starting out in Bergen, the mountains and fjords are just powerful. It is truly awe-inspiring to be there ...