Survived one night in a dodgy dorm. My ear plugs are fantastic but V didn’t get much sleep even though it was quiet.

We decided to be typical tourists today and got on the ‘Norway in a Nutshell’ tour. Taking trains, ferries and busses to see some of the sites. The Flåm Railway is scenic and it’s unbelievable what people can build but unfortunately it did not meet our expectations. I think we are still ‘high’ from Kjeragbolten – will be hard to beat.

The lavishly dressed Norwgian dancer up on the hill at a stop halfway down with folk tunes blarring from loudspeakers was insanely cheezy, and not necessary, the spot was beautiful in its own right.

The town of Flåm is a typical but quaint tourist trap made worse by the 3000 berth cruise liner from South-Hampton in the dock. The postcards at one of the tourist shops look like they haven’t changed since the 80’s and some contained odd subject matter – naked Weigie guys at scenic viewpoints !?

The weather forecast of cloud and rain was wrong. It was so hot (out of he wind) I think I got sunburnt.

We then took a ferry up the fjord to Gudvangen. Not as spectacular from the bottom as peering over 1000m drop – but beautiful none the less. V spotted some dolphins in the water. The bus ride back to Voss had an interesting and steep switchback section – crazy Norwegian civil engineers again. R20 for a packet of chips at Voss station – think they change the prices as a joke when they see a tourist bus offloading.

All in all it was good to be a passenger for a day. No thought, no stress – just follow the herd.

– Posted from my iPhone