At the end of Oldevatnet, we parked our car in a car park. In beautiful surroundings, the weather being perfect for hiking we decided to walk up to the Briksdal glacier. The hike was quite easy, but the nature around was lovely. The weather having been very dry all summer meant that the waterfalls were… Continue reading Briksdalsbreen
Category: Outdoors
Oldevannet
Our trip the next morning started with us driving to the amazing Oldevatn. The lake with it’s two pools is really a sight to behold and well worth a stop on our way to the next destination. The lake covers an area of 7.9 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi), and has a length of about 12 kilometres… Continue reading Oldevannet
Bergen 2 Fløyen
On our second day in Bergen, the sun was still shining so we got the funicular up to one of Bergen’s mountains, called Fløyen. Up there we enjoyed the view and then we walked back down to town. It was a very enjoyable walk that I had not done in ages. After the walk and… Continue reading Bergen 2 Fløyen
Flor og fjære 2
One of my favorite things about this garden is that they made some of it in to a tropical island and many of their plants are palm trees and such, that they have made to thrive on a small island in Norway. They have now build a nursery on the island, so that they don’t… Continue reading Flor og fjære 2
Flor og Fjære
As I shared in a previous post, we went home from the summer-house to continue the vacation with other adventures. So Tuesday morning we had a lovely walk in the sunshine down to town to get on a boat for a lovely trip out to a little island, where they have a magical garden called… Continue reading Flor og Fjære
At the summer-house once again
I was going to write a post before I went away on holiday this time, but things got a bit out of hand. As they tend to do. But I have now started my two week vacation and I have many lovely plans. I started on Friday by doing some shopping, tidying and packing.Before loading… Continue reading At the summer-house once again
Røvær part 2
In Røvær there have been people since the Viking age. Around 1850 there was a big growth in the population in Norway and people needed to move around to find somewhere to live and work. In this area there was also great herring fishing and Røvær was a good place to settle because it had… Continue reading Røvær part 2
Røvær part 1
In our lovely trip to Haugesund we took a day trip out to a small island called Røvær. We got up on the Saturday and had a good breakfast and then we made our way down to the boat that would take us over. I noticed right away that we might have overestimated the weather… Continue reading Røvær part 1
Rosehagen Jørpeland
When our gustes had gone home, we went in to the nearest little town close to the summer-house to do some shopping and enjoy some nice food. When we drove in it was a little overcast but still a little warm. When we got there the sun came out and it got really lovely, warm… Continue reading Rosehagen Jørpeland
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