Sunday, June 17, 2012

The Fjord at Geiranger

When we took the cruise ship out of Alesund for Geiranger on Saturday the forecast for Sunday was rain! It's great, however, that forecasts don't always pan-out. From the picture above one can easily tell that the weather once again was gorgeous. The section of the fjord from Geiranger to Hellesylt (which we'll travel again Monday by ferry) is widely known as the most spectacular fjord in all of Norway -- and is a U.N. World Heritage Site. So, with beautiful weather on Sunday we walked the 2 km. to town after breakfast and took the Hop-on-Hop-off bus to two different viewpoints high above the city. Then we hopped-off at mid-point downhill and took a 2 km. hike through some beautiful farm-and-forest country. [Monday morning wasn't raining, so we walked to town, took the ferry down the fjord, and the bus to Alesund.] - rw

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