fields outside of Oslo
2009 August 2 · 9:05AM · Sunday
more farms
2009 August 2 · 9:06AM · Sunday
and sheep!
some lake somewhere
2009 August 2 · 10:15AM · Sunday
Apl and Lauren on the train
2009 August 2 · 10:15AM · Sunday
around the middle of Norway
2009 August 2 · 11:11AM · Sunday
more clouds
2009 August 2 · 11:15AM · Sunday
glaciers
2009 August 2 · 12:20PM · Sunday
This was near the highest point on the railway between Oslo and Bergen.
still snow in August
2009 August 2 · 12:48PM · Sunday
one way street
2009 August 2 · 1:29PM · Sunday
Dave noticed that Apple symbol there on the Rallarvegen sign. Apple chose it sorta randomly, I’ve heard. I think it means campgrounds on European maps.
Wikipedia to the rescue, again.
at the waterfall
2009 August 2 · 1:42PM · Sunday
We switched trains to a little tourist train, which let us off for a bit to look at this awesome waterfall. After the train was stopped a minute or two, a couple of girls came out and danced around in the spray. Supposedly there are myths about mysertious maidens luring people into the falls.
the waterfall
2009 August 2 · 1:44PM · Sunday
on the train by the waterfall
2009 August 2 · 1:44PM · Sunday
C, as usual, was concerned about the train taking off without him. He went outside with Chris for a minute or two but then wanted to get back on right away.
on the train by the waterfall
2009 August 2 · 1:44PM · Sunday
what is that clicky black box?
2009 August 2 · 1:49PM · Sunday
waterfall, winding road, and fireweed
2009 August 2 · 1:51PM · Sunday
C is crazy; grandpa is suspicious
2009 August 2 · 1:52PM · Sunday
nap on the train
2009 August 2 · 1:52PM · Sunday
resting on the train
2009 August 2 · 2:07PM · Sunday
This photo really tells a story. Nice capture!
view from the train
2009 August 2 · 2:08PM · Sunday
That’s a real Norwegian there. All the tourists are on the train.
No, Norwegians only go up-hill.
Both ways, in the snow.
village by a river
2009 August 2 · 2:09PM · Sunday
into the tunnel
2009 August 2 · 2:09PM · Sunday
twentieth waterfall we saw
2009 August 2 · 2:13PM · Sunday
another cozy village
2009 August 2 · 2:14PM · Sunday
closer to this adorable village
2009 August 2 · 2:15PM · Sunday
boob mountain
2009 August 2 · 2:15PM · Sunday
Someone made me take this picture because they thought it looked like a boob. A rocky boob, with green hair, I guess.
I admit it. It was me.
cute little church in the cute little village
2009 August 2 · 2:16PM · Sunday
Flåm Barnehage
2009 August 2 · 2:19PM · Sunday
from the boat
2009 August 2 · 2:57PM · Sunday
We were on the Flåm train, which took us down to the little town of Flåm. From there we got on a big boat.
leaving on the boat
2009 August 2 · 3:15PM · Sunday
The name of that little restaurant there is “Furukroa” which means “Pine Corner.” Pine, you know, like us!
late lunch on the boat
2009 August 2 · 3:20PM · Sunday
That’s a cold miserable Lauren. Soon after she went inside and sat in the cafe. I stayed on the deck. It was so beautiful, if a little blustery.
fjord clouds
2009 August 2 · 3:21PM · Sunday
dad taking movies
2009 August 2 · 3:23PM · Sunday
seagulls
2009 August 2 · 3:24PM · Sunday
what is that in the water?
2009 August 2 · 3:27PM · Sunday
It was harbor porpoises! I swear! I saw 7 or so. My first marine mammals in the wild!
Grandpa Dave, fiddling with his camera
2009 August 2 · 3:28PM · Sunday
C hides from the camera
2009 August 2 · 3:28PM · Sunday
on the fjord
2009 August 2 · 3:30PM · Sunday
clouds and waves on the fjord
2009 August 2 · 3:31PM · Sunday
eating and knitting on the boat
2009 August 2 · 3:40PM · Sunday
another adorable village
2009 August 2 · 3:41PM · Sunday
knitting Apl’s blanket
2009 August 2 · 3:47PM · Sunday
on the boat
2009 August 2 · 3:48PM · Sunday
Yikes! I’m on the wrong side of the lens! I must have been holding the camera backwards… or something.
knitting on the fjord
2009 August 2 · 3:48PM · Sunday
One of the other passengers noticed the sweater that Apl was wearing (February Baby Sweater) and complimented me on it. She said she’d knit it before, and we chatted about Elizabeth Zimmermann and the Knitter’s Almanac. Fun to bond with random strangers about knitting!
scary hair, and some cute girls
2009 August 2 · 3:51PM · Sunday
a view from the boat
2009 August 2 · 3:55PM · Sunday
more from the fjord
2009 August 2 · 3:55PM · Sunday
grandma helps C with his workbook
2009 August 2 · 3:56PM · Sunday
yet another adorable village on the fjord
2009 August 2 · 3:59PM · Sunday
A lot of these little villages had incredible stories… I think this was the one with the smallest church in Norway — big enough for 4! (If I remember correctly.) Some of the villages had no road access. One of them was part of Norway’s early postal system and it had its own post office from the 1600s (sometime) until 1990. There were sheep and tiny farms and lots of waterfalls.
a bend in the fjord
2009 August 2 · 4:12PM · Sunday
fourtieth waterfall
2009 August 2 · 4:20PM · Sunday
fourty-first
2009 August 2 · 4:47PM · Sunday
another shot of the fjord
2009 August 2 · 4:56PM · Sunday
I definitely felt that this was the best part of the trip. Totally breathtaking. I was sad when it was over.
It definitely was a living fjord. Lysefjord was more dramatic and stark… but it wasn’t alive.
not even a village, just a few houses
2009 August 2 · 4:58PM · Sunday
grass roofs are popular in Norway
2009 August 2 · 5:22PM · Sunday
Bergen!
2009 August 2 · 8:38PM · Sunday
Wow! We couldn’t help but take tons of pictures on this day. What a whirlwind! We started with the early morning train in Oslo. Then another train, a boat, a bus, and another train. We arrived in Bergen in the early evening, with just enough time to discover that I chose a hotel right next to a good Mexican restaurant!