Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Jotunheimen, Oslo and home

breakfast at Jotunheimen 

Ringebu Stavkirke - late 1100s

that old Nazi Gustav Vigeland at his animated best

Vigeland Park - Oslo







before and after 
August 20 - next stop Svalbard

 September 07 - breakfast in Oslo, dinner at home 


Saturday, September 5, 2015

Geinranger to Jotunheimen

leaving Geiranger - village and fjord 

Lom stavkirke - late 1100s

awesome Lom woodpile 

Jotunheimen highlands

































Friday, September 4, 2015

Undredal to Geiranger

blue-green Innvikfjorden 

P&O's brand-new Britannia - 3600 passengers

 Susan and a blue tongue of Jostedalsbreen

and its very cold lake

 Rt 258 - the Gamle Strynefjellsveg 

 austere skiing option

top of the pass


Hotel Utsikten

room with a view


Norwegian sheepdogs

and Sue

and Norwegian sheep

valley above Geiranger

 lonely place

long walk home



















Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Bergen to Undredal

Norwegian arctic flying apparatus - lorazepam 

spinning part - aquavit

50cl beer in Norway ~ $18 US 

J.C. Dahl - the Norwegian Albert Bierstadt

Norwegian king crab - alive, agitated

Bryggen in Bergen 

Public art

viking helmet, gas pump milking machine, bovine suckle

high country between Voss and Vik



Susan, oy vey, Hopperstad stavkirke 

constructed 1140 ad


Kaupanger Stavkirke - 1137 ad

Borgund stavkirke - 1180 ad


Aurlandsvegen


Aurlandsfjord

Naeroyfjord

  Stigengard B&B  - accessible by boat and hike - 3 year waiting list

Undredal - pop. 70, goats 400

view from the bedroom window

Susan just discovered that Undredal is the goat cheese capital of Norway



lunch menu - Sue liked the steikt kjekjott

and the nysteikt vaffel