Bergen  to  Senja Island

Our hotel in Bergen...at 5.30am...Pete and I left the hotel for the airport to catch a flight to Tromso in the north of Norway...

Our plane had propellors....it was a short trip, just over an hour...

We picked up another car from the airport and headed south to Senja Island...it was a warm and sunny day,  the next few photos were taken between Tromso and Senja....

I wasn't expecting snow on the mountains...nor did I think they would be so big...

The water in the fiords was so clear...I loved walking along the water's edge and looking at the rocks...

They were so colourful....could have spent hours looking at them...

Another car ferry ride to Senja Island...

Almost at our destination....Mefjordvaer...a small fishing village.

These mountains on the right were probably the most astounding scene that we had seen all day.

Unreal....unbelievable...they were huge and looked so two dimensional...we were lucky to see them with the afternoon sun shining on them.

The view from our village across the fiord...

The village was surrounded by mountains and water...

On our walk after dinner Pete and I spotted these cute little seagulls...

Lots of seagulls....not surprising...it's a fishing village.

 

Fjaerland to Bergen

A cloudy, very still morning in Fjaerland....

We left this wonderful place after breakfast this morning ....a long drive back to Bergen.

Lovely reflections even though there was no sunshine...it felt incredibly calm.

Fjaerland....I took this photo from the other side of the fiord.

Had to catch yet another ferry.....this one was much bigger than those that we have been on...there were so many cars and camper vans on the road this morning, it's the beginning of the school holidays this weekend.

Big ship...bigger mountains...

Honestly I haven't fiddled with this photo...that is how those mountains looked...they reminded me of scrunched alfoil....really weird.

This was a beautiful view...near the town of Voss

We arrived in Bergen in the afternoon ....dropped our bags at our hotel, took the car to be charged and then returned it to the hire company. We walked back to the hotel and saw this on our way...interesting, we thought.

Apartments....

A striking mural...

A large seagull....there are so many in Norway and they are huge...I guess it is because they have so much surrounding water. Going to bed early tonight as we have an early flight tomorrow to Tromso in Northern Norway.

 

Fjaerland

Our view this morning at breakfast....

The sitting room at the hotel....

Little antiques are on old pieces of furniture...

Beautiful clock...and many paintings of the surrounding mountains and fiords are on the walls..,

Fjaerland Fjordstove Hotel....it was built in1937 as a guesthouse...and has been renovated over the years...

Not a very sunny day today...a little rain and cloudy...

Pete and I went kayaking despite the weather and we were glad we did.

The sun came out for a while ....

I love it when the water is like glass...in the distance you can see the Jostedal Glacier, the largest glacier in mainland Europe.

The white building is our hotel.

It did rain a little ...

It was two hours of absolute joy...this place is amazing....

Fjaeland is a typical fjord village, but it has one thing that makes it a little different and that is that it is called the Norwegian book town. There are second hand books in nearly every public building. Pete and I were pleased that they had put all the English language books in separate shelves.

Every year they have a writer's festival and we were told that the town becomes very busy.

Yet another flower that I have never seen before.

There was a wedding today in the town's church...the bells were ringing.

On our way to see the glacier...

This part of the Jostedalsbreen (glacier) is called Boyabreen ....

....the area surrounding the glacier ....

This fabulous cafe with the view of the glacier was where we sat and ate dinner ....

.....was impressed with the fire place...