Partly cloudy and 23 degrees
is a wonderful change from the past couple of days. When we went to bed last
night we were sailing through torrential rain and woke up to rain, but by the
time we left the ship the skys were clearing.
We have a long day ahead of us when we board the bus this morning, but it proves to be worth it. Much of the day is spent on the bus also, but we have quite a few photo stops along the way to break up the distance. Today is more aboutNorway ’s
waterfalls and mountainous terrain and less about fjords. We can’t help but see
fjords - tomorrow’s focus is on fjords. It is like the mountains just popped up
out of the sea. There’s messing around here - no beach, or slowly rising land,
but water and mountains – maybe like some lakes in the mountains at home.
another view of the hair pin road |
hair pin road and WIND |
and another |
We have a long day ahead of us when we board the bus this morning, but it proves to be worth it. Much of the day is spent on the bus also, but we have quite a few photo stops along the way to break up the distance. Today is more about
one of MANY waterfalls |
over-hanging platform to view water fall |
We take an incredibly winding road with 11 hair-pin
turns called Trollstigen to finally reach a gorge. It is breath-taking. Once
here we have ascended to about half-mile above sea level. The tourist
infrastructure here is incredible – it seems like the road has been solely
built for tourists.
Once we move inland a bit at
the beginning of the day waterfalls appear everywhere – I don’t think I will
ever tire of looking at and listening to waterfalls. The landscape here reminds
me a bit of BC – roads carved into the mountain, pine trees and even orchards.
They grow fruit here despite the fact that the latitude is the same as Anchorage , Alaska .
Norway
has a lot more sheep (and little else in terms of wildlife) and little
buildings with lawns growing on the roofs as compared to BC.
We don’t leave Alesund until 3 am, so we head to town after dinner. Our visit is short lived as we choke a bit on 12.00 beers! We weren’t surprised as we had been checking out prices and had chatted with a few people who had been here before, but – WOW! I guess that’s how they can have such swanky road-side ‘facilities’. I guess that’s a difference between here and BC too – fancy toilets at highway rest-stops.
another over-hanging platform |
We don’t leave Alesund until 3 am, so we head to town after dinner. Our visit is short lived as we choke a bit on 12.00 beers! We weren’t surprised as we had been checking out prices and had chatted with a few people who had been here before, but – WOW! I guess that’s how they can have such swanky road-side ‘facilities’. I guess that’s a difference between here and BC too – fancy toilets at highway rest-stops.
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Cool picture of the road!
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