Photos June 11th Voss 'Norway in a Nutshell'

my new cowl

views from the bus

on the way down the very steep winding road

lots of hair pin bends

a 'meadow grass' topped building at Gudvangen

our Ferry coming in

a replica Viking ship

the dot above X is a car and caravan           

the houses look so tiny 

more houses in the fore ground

a reindeer hot dog

Flam Rail Station

a real old time ticket collector

views from the train

3/4 and to the right of the waterfall is a red spot - that is a girl dancing - some Norwegian myth about a siren of the fjord who will sing to you and draw you inside the rocks - the waterfall dropped even further - only about half of it showing

a Norwegian summer

it was a great day

June 10th Voss Photos

the view from our window at 10.30pm still so bright

by 11.30 it is finally getting a bit darker

3am and it is back to being light again

the local church build in 1271- it has a wooden belfry

views along our walk

we worked out this meant - beware speed humps!!! but our two youngest grandsons will enjoy it anyway

you can just make out our Hotel across the water

our first sight of the river that flows from the gorge

more 'Norwegian Wood'

the track to the waterfall and the start of the gorge

you can get a bit of an idea of the size when you find the 2 people on the viewing platform

looking back along the track

looking upwards the cliffs overhead

we sat in this little cave and had some lunch

home time

nice to get home as it looked very stormy

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’.

Bergen to Voss Photos

We passed this shop on the way to the Train Station selling Traditional Dress 

Bergen Train Station

a few glimpses of the passing country side

the view from our window of the Fleischer Hotel in Voss 

with the zoom

a spinning wheel - no drive band and several bits missing but a sight to see

snow caps all around

our hotel

9th June Bergen to Voss

This morning was just for breakfast, packing and walking to the Bergen Train Station.  It has been a most enjoyable place to stay and we are very glad we chose to visit Bergen.

The train station was an exceptionally good station as it had its very own wool store.  Den suggested I have a look – who can resist an offer like that - so off I went to fill in the ½ hour we had to wait.  I bought some more very pretty wool.

The train ride took us through some very beautiful areas.  Waterfalls, huge snow topped mountains, villages all swept past us at a furious pace.  In just over an hour we arrived at Voss.

Our Hotel was just a short stroll from the station – Fleischer’s Hotel built in 1864.  We have a beautiful view from our room of a very large lake with mountains all around. 

We went for a walk into the town – more like a country village compared to Bergen – but special in its own way.  Some lunch at one of the bakeries then wandered back to the Hotel via the park.  It is a popular place for para gliding and hang gliding – I assured Den that I wouldn’t be taking part.

So back to our room for a cuppa and a rest.

Dinner was a smorgasbord in the huge Dining Room.  We then made a cuppa and went to sit in the lounge.  We met a couple from Sydney and so had a fun time exchanging stories of different travel adventures.