Wednesday, 10 June 2015

June 10th Voss

Today was our ‘rest day’ – so I found the guest laundry down in the basement.  With a few ‘grrrrrs’ I got the washing done and things partly dried.  The rooms are kept so warm that I decided everything else could finish off drying in our room.  It is such a good feeling to have a suitcase full of clean clothes again – or will be when they dry.
So the afternoon adventure was a walk to the ‘Bordalsgjetet’.  A beautiful and quite spectacular gorge.  Last year we could have just walked across the bridge to the other side of the river – but alas there was so much water rushing through last year it took out the bridge!!!  So we had to walk all the way through town and then take the road on the other side of the river.  It was a very scenic walk. We followed the track and were delighted with the view.  It is hard to imagine from the photos the huge scale of things.  In parts along the track the rocks jutted out so that we had to bend right down to get past.  It was so beautiful – the roar of the water as it rushed through – little waterfalls – ferns clinging to the edges of the rocks – magic!
We made our way back not sure if we would get to the Hotel before the weather broke but we were lucky as the snow seemed to be falling on the higher peaks of mountains around us.

So now a nice time to relax and enjoy.  There is a lounge area overlooking where we have walked today, so a good spot to sit with a coffee and listen to the in house musician playing a few ‘golden oldies’.

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