God's Own Country

To steal a title from a friend's mum, this really is God's own country and there are bits where I am totally stunned by the beauty of it all. I have wanted to come to Norway for a while and I was worried that it might be a disappointment but it isn't. There is so much to love about it all. Things we have seen: lots of snow, lots of water and lots of mountains; also 3 magnificent deer, a dolphin (small), three red squirrels, some rain (infact it is pouring down now) and some wonderful sunsets.

We seem to have this incredible knack of arriving in countries just as they start celebrating and Norway is no exception. Come to think about it I think that mainland Europe does a lot more celebrating and a lot more bank holidays than we do! Today is Constitution day. So far we have established that they dress up in Tradition costume (very ornate floral pattern but mainly black), the children parade through the wet streets accompanied by a big brass band and they tie trees to the bridges. Once again a tradition that involves trees.

It is a huge and magnificent country full of breathtaking views but my favourite was our view from the campsite over the end of the world the other night.

Lots more to see and do. Thanks for all the comments.

PS. The sun has been shining most of the time we have been in Norway!