(sorry no pics today will post tomorrow)
We disembarked early again today. This time there was a tender boat that took us from ship to shore. We found the tourism office and booked our visits for the day. The weather was wet misty and cold again. Unfortunately, as we were eager to get to shore, we had a 90 minute wait until our bus arrived. We decided to go for a long walk, take pictures and explore the village, as well as find some free wifi hot spots.
Our first trip was a bus tour of the mountain passes around town. We had a beautiful 2 hour trip along the winding roads up and down the mountains surrounding the fjord. The views were breathtakingly beautiful and we feel very fortunate to have been able to see them. The fjord is very deep so the water is like slate. The fjord is bordered by tall mountains that disappear into the clouds (okay maybe that was just cause of the rain) there are numerous waterfalls cascading down the mountain faces into the water. Due to that damp atmosphere, everything is covered in moss and tiny flowers and green shoots are popping out of everywhere not already covered in moss. As it is still spring time, the mountain tops were still capped and sprinkled with snow which meant that the snow melt had closed on of the roads. Fortunately, to ensure we still got our money's worth, they took us on an extra long section of road on the other side and we were able to see some of inland Norway.
After our panoramic bus tour, we had some spare time to do some shopping. I was lusting after a wooly sheets skin rug and MrT was lusting after a very nice Norwegian style snow jacket. Alas we settled for more affordable, for compact trinkets.
We also made our way across town to mail a postcard as a surprise for some one (won't say who) and complete part of the waterfall walk.. Oh and also order and consume a HUGE pizza labeled as "Serves 2-3" which should have been labelled "4-6".
We had booked a boat trip down the fjord in the afternoon. It was lovely after our top down view in the morning, to get a bottom up view and learn more about the waterfalls and mythology around them. As is usual on boats zooming about, the damp rainy weather was bitterly cold to experience on the boat (we sat outside to get the best view for photos) . We managed to get some great views but I confess, I sat and shivered in my jacket for quite a bit of it.
We finished just in time for the final tenders returning to the ship and were very glad for our warm cabin. Tomorrow we will be in Flam!
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