Hei from Norway!

We're in Bergen at the moment, and its wet! But its a lovely city with fantastic veiws...apparently!! We went up the venicular this morning, and saw most of the city while it was still clear-ish before the rain really set in... We were fortunate to get up there and see something this morning. The picture I have included here is one of the old town - an amazing area to explore; we walked along the front there and got a "hot dog" and crepe for lunch in a food market that was there along the water-front, before the shops. There is also an amazing christmas shop, which I think is the farthest shop on the right - we just had to go in and purchase something!

Yesteray, as we were travelling from a little place called Bø (pronounced Burr), we drove along a fantastic lake, and then along an amazing fijord - the first one we've seen in Norway, and we had spectacular, sunny weather unitl lunch-time, so we saw the most beautiful part of the county in stunning, superb weather. Words can't describe how beautiful it was, but it certainly reminded me of the Malborough Sounds and Milford Sound back home, but on a grander scale...! It was hilly, rocky and lots of pine trees, and I think the tour director said we would be going through 100 tunnels during the day. Had tons of photo opportunities and we stopped for lunch by a little lake with breath-taking views, which was a welcome break from the bus, but was also the last time we saw the sun for the rest of the day.

We also had a short ferry ride across a fijord on our travels yesterday, which was spectacular (and another great photo opportunity!) and we stopped at an incredible waterfall that you could walk behind... Ruth and I didn't get the chance to walk behind the waterfall because there was a great souviner shop there, too!

We're off to Fragenes (sp?) tomorrow and that should be a good drive through more hills and tunnels. One of the ladies we met at the conference said said lives about half an hour away from Fragenes, so we may get to see her again if she's there. It'll be cool to catch up with her and have her show us around a little while we're there. I'll let you know what happens!

I should start thinking about heading out into the rain for some dinner. 'Till next time!