28 September – 29 September
“Stopp Motoren Under Overfarten”
Language is an interesting thing isn't it? Generally travelling in Scandinavia poses no real problems for we of the mono-lingual persuasion. Reading and interpreting signs and other written material can however be a challenge. The title of this blog was over the deck of one of the ferries we caught today. Best we can figure is that one should either.. not pass wind while under your running car.. or .. turn off your motor while on the voyage?
After a full day 'doing' the small city of Bergen yesterday, including some great little museums and a fantastic 16th century seafront, today we plotted our own driving and ferry tour of Hardangerfjord, south-east of Bergen. Driving along beside the fjords on a 'partly' sunny day with the temperature hovering around a civilized 12C, we were oohing and aahing at every bend. Neither our photographs nor our words can capture the splendour of the the fjords. Small villages line the water's edge, dotting the edges of the fjords. The area we drove through today took us through some of Norway's best farming land. Only 3% of this country is arable. Around Hardangerfjord, they grow more than 40% of Norway's fruit, but it must be hard going for the orchardists. With short growing seasons and steeply sloping land.
Worthy of note are the many people - of all ages – who are striding – or skateboarding – around the towns/villages with ski poles. Are they preparing for a very difficult winter when they can't get out of the village except via skis – or just training for some sort of cross-country ski competition???
The afternoon's weather declined rapidly into heavy rain which caused local flooding on the road home. We just hope that tomorrow provides with us with at least as good a morning as we had today. Who knows? This is a part of Norway where it rains 275 days a year. So far we have been lucky!
“Stopp Motoren Under Overfarten”
Language is an interesting thing isn't it? Generally travelling in Scandinavia poses no real problems for we of the mono-lingual persuasion. Reading and interpreting signs and other written material can however be a challenge. The title of this blog was over the deck of one of the ferries we caught today. Best we can figure is that one should either.. not pass wind while under your running car.. or .. turn off your motor while on the voyage?
After a full day 'doing' the small city of Bergen yesterday, including some great little museums and a fantastic 16th century seafront, today we plotted our own driving and ferry tour of Hardangerfjord, south-east of Bergen. Driving along beside the fjords on a 'partly' sunny day with the temperature hovering around a civilized 12C, we were oohing and aahing at every bend. Neither our photographs nor our words can capture the splendour of the the fjords. Small villages line the water's edge, dotting the edges of the fjords. The area we drove through today took us through some of Norway's best farming land. Only 3% of this country is arable. Around Hardangerfjord, they grow more than 40% of Norway's fruit, but it must be hard going for the orchardists. With short growing seasons and steeply sloping land.
Worthy of note are the many people - of all ages – who are striding – or skateboarding – around the towns/villages with ski poles. Are they preparing for a very difficult winter when they can't get out of the village except via skis – or just training for some sort of cross-country ski competition???
The afternoon's weather declined rapidly into heavy rain which caused local flooding on the road home. We just hope that tomorrow provides with us with at least as good a morning as we had today. Who knows? This is a part of Norway where it rains 275 days a year. So far we have been lucky!
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