Since Huw was visiting us, we decided to go on one of these arranged fjord tours. The most common one is called "Norway in a Nutshell" and we went on a variant of that called "The Royal Fjord Tour".
Here is the website for it. Basically, we got up super early on Saturday morning, took the train from Oslo to Myrdal, then took the famous Flåm railway from Myrdal to Flåm, then a boat from Flåm to Bergen on the west coast of Norway. Here we are in Myrdal waiting for the Flåm train. We had gorgeous weather! Sunny and warm with a cool breeze -- perfect.
Midway down the Flåm line, we stopped for a few minutes at this waterfall. There was some cheesy music piped into the viewing area and 2 dancers emerged from the rocks at different times to dance and then mysteriously disappear again. We have had a lot of rain, so the waterfall was really impressive.
View of the steep valley from the Flåm train.
In Flåm, getting some wiggles out on the grass while waiting for the boat to Bergen
On the boat to Bergen, which took 5 hours! Spectacular scenery of course and it reminded me of Lake Chelan, WA.
The Minx was pretty good even though she didn't sleep at all. Fortunately the boat was fairly empty so she could run around and play with buckles.
Finally we got to Bergen around 9pm
Sunday was another beautiful day and we played in the park before getting on the train back to Oslo at 4pm. Here the Minx is trying to hop the fence to chase birds down to the water.
Midway down the Flåm line, we stopped for a few minutes at this waterfall. There was some cheesy music piped into the viewing area and 2 dancers emerged from the rocks at different times to dance and then mysteriously disappear again. We have had a lot of rain, so the waterfall was really impressive.
View of the steep valley from the Flåm train.
In Flåm, getting some wiggles out on the grass while waiting for the boat to Bergen
On the boat to Bergen, which took 5 hours! Spectacular scenery of course and it reminded me of Lake Chelan, WA.
The Minx was pretty good even though she didn't sleep at all. Fortunately the boat was fairly empty so she could run around and play with buckles.
Finally we got to Bergen around 9pm
Sunday was another beautiful day and we played in the park before getting on the train back to Oslo at 4pm. Here the Minx is trying to hop the fence to chase birds down to the water.
3 comments:
What a beautiful country! Don't be surprised if sometime Ila and I show up on your doorstep. It looks like you offer your visitors a good time.
Ashlee
Those fjords look spectacular - you're quite a mamma trekking with 2 little ones!! :)
I think that I've been to that same park in Bergen! Funny! Looks like a great time for everyone.
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