Fantastisk! Nydelig! WOW!
I'm using Norwegian words here --Fantastic! Beautiful! ...
because we've run out of English words to describe the awe and beauty of our experiences the past 4 days in the fjords of western Norway! God truly created the most amazing scenery here! And people who live in the midst of it all are equally amazing!
Our dear friend Kjell Aanensen drove us 10 hours over the tops of the highest mountains (snow drifts are over 25 feet high!), over "hair pin" turns (same Norwegian words describe dozens of switch- back roads over the mountains), through tunnels in mountains and under fjords, and onto a handful of very modern ferry boats that connect otherwise isolated, beautiful villages and small farms.
We passed hundreds of little family cabins in the highest, snowiest points of the mountains that could only be accessed by skiing. It's a highly treasured way to spend holidays!
These hardy, ingenious people have farmed every foot of even slightly flat land -- some at nearly 45 degree angles. Some very remote areas have no road access; they tell us children were tethered to ropes to prevent them from falling off the mountains as they played!
We passed miles and miles of pastured sheep (lambs are everywhere) and cows. . .roadsides are dotted with fruit tree farms covering miles and miles. And the sturdy, strong traditional farm horse of a buff yellow color was a special treat to see here and there.
The water in the fjords and lakes is very deep and calm -- mirroring snow capped mountains and several glaciers...doubling the awesome views. This has been an unusually warm May, melting mountain top snow and creating tremendous cascading water falls everywhere! We spent two nights in Fjaerland (a fjord town that had only been accessible by boat until a tunnel was cut through the mountains 25 years ago) with the awesome sound of a waterfall outside our back windows!
That's just the scenery!
Wait till I tell you about the people we met!
Thousand tak for alt, Kjell!
Pam & Dave
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