Sunday, May 16, 2010

£4 a loaf of bread


Sorry about the wait, I know now how much people are eagerly awaiting our every word.  It's not proven that easy to get wifi out here - not because they are low-tech or anything, just circumstance has conspired against us.  Anyway, here now, sat just near the Geirangerfjord in sort of mid-Norway with a view of mountains, snow, waterfalls and a fair chunk of water...
Since we last did this we have marched up through the outskirts of Sweden taking in Gothenburg en-route.

We had a very fleeting visit to Oslo, since it proved hard to park and then they put you in a tunnel which does nothing for spacial awareness and /or my will to stay.  We did have a great couple of hours at the Frognerparken staring at naked forms, but then we headed on into the grander geography areas.  We'll head back through Oslo in a few days and might feel more inspired to stop for a better look.

Then drove up and over to Bergen taking in the Hardangervidda, which is basically a mountaintop plateau covered in snow - really, really wierd and unexpected.  I personally think it's the highlight of the geography so far for me beating the fjords, probably because it was unexpected whereas I knew the fjords were coming.  We've since had nights in another ski resort, overlooking the far Western extremity of Norway into the North Sea, in a car park under a main arterial bridge into Bergen, and the last 2 have been in incredible fjordic scenery.  Last nights sunset over the Sognefjord was incredible (Fran will share piccies) and tonight is a moody view down a very big water filled valley.

I've put this one in because Fran has insisted that we are both in a photo to prove we're on this road-trip togather!

Tomorrow, weather permitting, it's going to be a boat trip on the Geirangerfjord which I'm told is probably the most physically imposing of them all.

Weather has been superb too, with 3 days of glorious sunshine in and around Bergen / west coast where it supposedly rains 275 days a year.  Enjoy the photos, hopefully we'll find more weefee sooner than the last gap, and please keep commenting...

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