Heather and I left Reykjavik at 8:59 am (if you are a diligent blog follower, you will remember they charge for parking starting at 9). This was post last Te & Kaffi and using up the last of our krone at the market for snacks. We returned the rental car, had a lovely chat with the shuttle driver, and spent over an hour at the foosball table in the airport. So, news flash. ALL Poochigians are competitive, apparently. There were no mean words, but there was some removal of jackets to tie around our waists when things got heated.
A short two hour flight later and we landed in Bergen, Norway! The good? Perfect weather! The bad? NO PASSPORT STAMP GIVEN IN NORWAY. The ugly? Seriously, no passport stamp.
Gray picked us up in the rental car and drove us straight to the "sentrum" aka downtown of Bergen. I LOVE THIS CITY. I almost can't handle it. It is absolutely adorable and I want to live here... And, wait for it... This place is the inspiration for Arendale. As in, "we finish each other's sandwiches... jinx... jinx again" Arendale. The one and only Frozen.
We stayed in a perfect little apartment (unmanned, just take the key and leave it when you check out), had pulled pork nachos for dinner, wandered listlessly and happily, and called it a glorious day in Norway.
We headed out around 8 for the big fjord road trip 2016. I can't describe it. I wish I could... But the pictures don't do this place justice and neither do words. :) We drove through the quaintest villages, farmlands, fishing harbors, etc. One stretch of road had bowls of cherries and jams with a little tin box if you wanted to drop some krone in there and take a box. We fed a ram. We climbed a whole bunch of fosses. Most of us fell at a foss. We rode on a car ferry. We ate lots of fruit and candy and rice cakes with peanut butter. We made it back to Bergen for some more wandering, Thai food, and getting caught in a torrential downpour.
It has been a wonderful, wonderful adventure! Scandinavia for the win!
It looks so amazing!
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