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Day nine - Flam
Up early for the 8:11 train from Oslo to Myrdal....the train climbs as the trip goes on...at 1200 metres above sea level (Finse), there is snow on the ground, we stop at a ski station..skiers get on and off....very desolate terrain...slowly we redescend to Myrdal (822 m above sea level). I then took the Flam railway down to Flam....beautiful views but unfortunately, the waterfalls were all very ...
Fjord feast
... for, what are they saying) none of which either of us could know yet, then, often, we just answer each other randomly and take it as fact haha. Lots of fun. They don't have canoe trips anymore, which I was a bit bummed about and cannot seem to understand how they can't as it is perfect for it. I tried to explain to the tourist info girl that if it were Aus there would have been jet skis and boats and kayaks and bikes ...
Fjords galore!
... to our hotel room, wow! Carol: think you have seen photos now, at the junction of 3 fjords . Stunning . This is an historiske hotel dating from 1850's, still family run, the old part biggest timber hotel in Europe. Sitting rooms full of antiques and huge old oil paintings. Buffett meal was astounding( could I ever get sick of smoked salmon?) shrimp, crab, herring, salmon smoked and marinated, beef, turkey, veal and chicken, and that was just for starters! ! Did have roast lamb for ...
Glacier Day
... at a more budget restaurant where we had a set menu of fish soup and grilled salmon plus coffee for just $24 each. It was actually very nice and was run by these Filipino ladies who we also had a good chat with when we left. Then walked over to the aforementioned Kviknes Hotel to have a gander and take some photos. It’s actually listed in a book I have called "1,001 Places to See Before You Die" so that’s another one ticked off the ...
A journey into fjordland
... and had ornate carvings into the wood on the outside and was a strange sight to see on the countryside.
Day two... we joined forces with two other guests to hire the local car (an American and English
girl) to explore the area and go hiking on one of the biggest Glacier's in Norway! We stopped off at a bakery on the way for the essential Cinnamon buns (delicious) and a coffee, then supermarket, before finally somehow getting slightly lost on our way to the ...
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