The first and only bit of solid rain my friend and I had during our little three-day roadtrip in middle Norway, was in Ålesund. We walked up the top of this hill (over 400 steps!) and enjoyed this grey but beautiful view over the city! It started raining heavy drops when we were up there, but sinceContinueContinue reading “First rain”
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Hiking grounds
Norway is a perfect hiking country. There are many trails to choose from and in various levels of difficulty. I took this photo on a hike in the Kristiansund area. My friend and I hiked to the Bremsneshola, the largest cave in Norway. The hike over there was quite pleasant. Not too easy, not tooContinueContinue reading “Hiking grounds”
View over the Oslofjord
Stunning view over the Oslofjord as seen from Akershus Festning. I love the vastness, the colours, the clouds. I seem to be finding new details every time I look at this photo.
Scale
The winding and steep Trollstigen, Norway! How’s this for scale, when you consider how tiny the campers and cars on the road are? Impressive, isn’t it?
After the rain
The rain left beautiful little drops of water on these flowers.
Climb like a goat
It will be fun, she said. It won’t be too hard, she said…Never believe a Norwegian when it comes to describing how difficult a hike is going to be! 🙂 Hiking is in their DNA, they grow up with the outdoors. Me…let’s just say that my mind wanted more than my body felt capable ofContinueContinue reading “Climb like a goat”
Gudbrandsjuvet
Gudbrandsjuvet is a narrow ravine where the Valldøla River runs through. My Norwegian friend and I stopped here during the second day of our roadtrip (more on that in a later post). What a pretty picture this makes! Mountains, gushing water, red houses, green fields and trees. I don’t see how this scenery could be anyContinueContinue reading “Gudbrandsjuvet”
Wellington
View over Wellington CBD, as seen from the rooftop of the Te Papa Museum.
Alive and Trekking 