Flam and the Fjords
On Saturday 27th we set off to Flam by rail from Oslo. The trip was long and the first part was nice but nothing special. When we got into the mountains, or really high up rather than mountainous, it was snow covered and passing by frozen lakes was interesting and kept my interest.
We arrived at Myrdal and changed to a smaller train for the 800m descent over 20km, a third of which was through tunnels. It was billed at the most amazing train journey ever, and although it was good, I wouldn't quite agree with that accolade. We stopped at a waterfall along the way which was truely spectacular.
Out hotel Fetheim in Flam was very special. We were on the top flor, and some rooms there had a little alcove with glass ceiling, but you could curtain it off for sleeping time. I sat there at11:30 at night reading in the sunlight while Eva slept!
We did a lot of walking there - to a waterfall, and also we caught the train back halfway to Myrdal and then walked up higher to an old farm that had been worked for the past 1000 years. Then we walked down, following a river most of the way. It was a terrific walk.
Next day we hired bikes and rode about 20-30km to the next town and beyond, then back - all along the fjord. It is so spectacular - you'll have to see the photos and video one day, I just can't describe it. When we came back there was time for a beer by the water before we had to get on a boat for a 2 hour cruise in the fjord to Gudvagen. The last one half of the cruise took us to very steep sided fjord with such bright green coloured water, it looked artifical. I guess it is green because the steep sided walls are largely covered in vegetation and the water reflects more from that than from the sky.
After Gudvagen, we boarded a bus that drove up an incredible zig-zag road (I hope it was one-way) and we marvelled at the view down the valley as we had a short stop at the top before continuing on down to Voss. At Voss we caught a train that took us to Bergen.
We arrived at Myrdal and changed to a smaller train for the 800m descent over 20km, a third of which was through tunnels. It was billed at the most amazing train journey ever, and although it was good, I wouldn't quite agree with that accolade. We stopped at a waterfall along the way which was truely spectacular.
Out hotel Fetheim in Flam was very special. We were on the top flor, and some rooms there had a little alcove with glass ceiling, but you could curtain it off for sleeping time. I sat there at11:30 at night reading in the sunlight while Eva slept!
We did a lot of walking there - to a waterfall, and also we caught the train back halfway to Myrdal and then walked up higher to an old farm that had been worked for the past 1000 years. Then we walked down, following a river most of the way. It was a terrific walk.
Next day we hired bikes and rode about 20-30km to the next town and beyond, then back - all along the fjord. It is so spectacular - you'll have to see the photos and video one day, I just can't describe it. When we came back there was time for a beer by the water before we had to get on a boat for a 2 hour cruise in the fjord to Gudvagen. The last one half of the cruise took us to very steep sided fjord with such bright green coloured water, it looked artifical. I guess it is green because the steep sided walls are largely covered in vegetation and the water reflects more from that than from the sky.
After Gudvagen, we boarded a bus that drove up an incredible zig-zag road (I hope it was one-way) and we marvelled at the view down the valley as we had a short stop at the top before continuing on down to Voss. At Voss we caught a train that took us to Bergen.
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