A Fresh Start : My Norwegian Holiday Thumbnails

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Photo 261: Up with the lark this morning (possibly before the lark) and it appears that it's going to be another scorcher. Photo 262: Look at the sky over the hotel! I had to let myself out as I was the first one about. I hope I didn't set off any alarms. Photo 263: Our first stop today was this view over the Nordfjord. Photo 264: Our second stop (for vaffle and coffee) had these curious characters in the hotel garden. Photo 265: The hotel in question is beside ... well, you can read the sign for yourselves. Photo 266: One last shot from the deepest lake in Europe before we move on ... Photo 267: ... to the Marriage Bridge at Horndøla. Weddings would be held in the middle of the bridge ... Photo 268: ... but first the prospective bride would have to go through the ring to prove she wasn't pregnant! Photo 269: Another view of the bridge before we hurry off to catch another ferry. Photo 270: Look how fast the ferry was moving! Photo 271: It was taking us up Geiranger Fjord from Hellesylt to Geiranger. Pretty, isn't it? Photo 272: We had constant companions along the hour's trip ... Photo 273: ... because idiots like this persisted in feeding them. Photo 274: There was a Scooby-Doo like haze above Geiranger as we arrived (something to do with thermals, I imagine - Velma explained it to me). Photo 275: Fifteen minutes after driving away from Geiranger and here we were at Flydalsjuvet, looking down on the village from 260 metres up. If you think that's a long way down ... Photo 276: ... twenty minutes later we were at Mount Dalsnibba ... Photo 277: ... that over 150 metres higher than Ben Nevis, folks, and we drove there! It's the highest point you can drive to in Norway. Photo 278: If you thought the penguins were cute, how about these wild reindeer who happened to be visiting Mt Dalsnibba? Photo 279: From Dalsnibba we headed downhill, passing more lakes and waterfalls, for our next appointment. Photo 280: We had a date with cakes and coffee at the Hjelle Hotel where a former Crystal tour guide has married the owner. Photo 281: The hotel lies beside Lake Stryn ... Photo 282: ... which is a beautiful spot too - where isn't in Norway? Photo 283: I don't know whether you can pick out the postboxes on the ground floor being mirrored by the nestboxes on the first floor? Photo 284: Let's finish on a pretty abstract pattern (leaves shadowed on the side of the barn in the last pic). Photo 285: Here are a couple of shots from this morning taken on the Ixus (I'd forgotten about these). As you can see, there was nary a ripple in Lake Jølster at 4:30am. Photo 286: ... and the rowing boats still sat there, waiting for fisherfolk or fitness freaks. Photo 287: This last shot is from this evening, though. What a lovely sky, eh?

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