Road Trip… (Part II…)

…can’t remember where I stopped;-) hihi… wait, one moment – have to look…

ok, here we are…

So after having had a wonderful morning @ the glacier we headed further South-West… Next stop should be Aurlands/Naeroyfjord… We got to Kaupanger, where a Ferry should take us all the way through those beautiful fjords… But we were unlucky. The last tourist ferry for this year had taken off at 9.30 a.m, we were there in the afternoon;-)… Would have really been BEAUTIFUL!!!! So, we had to change our route, once again;-) – didn’t really know where but there was a Pick-up truck standing at the parking place – 2 man sitting in there – at the back the pick-up full with sheep… So Vroni asked those guys how we could get to Naeroy… They were really kind and we found out that our Road Map was quite old… We could take the tunnel;-)…

Short Ferry to the other side and then we had the option: taking a 40 km Tunnel or a mountain pass… No question: We went for the mountain pass! On the way there a sign was saying that the Pass is STENGT! But we ignored it, nobody was there to ask so we went on this gorgeous pass…

sheep warning us... don't go up there... bähhhh....

One car came in our direction, that was it… Then we finally got to the barrier – stengt – but no locker on there – so we could open it… Well, we had to decide quickly – should we go there? yes, no? – bad weather was coming in – snow up in the mountains… – as Vroni didn’t say anything against;-) – we went for it…

…it was like a never ending mountain pass… Lots of snow on the street, it was really hard to find the way – I kept on driving in the middle of the road – very sl0wly – me and Vroni were kind of sticking in the windshield – Vroni was quite worried;-), so I had to stay cool;-)… Well, we were in the middle of nowhere, driving along the snowy road with SUMMER TYRES;-), at some parts it was quite slippery…

Vroni was always checking the altitude on her watch – we didn’t loose any… At some point there seemed to be a light and guess what, there were 2 two pick-up’s from workers standing along the road, so we were not alone anymore – well, we couldn’t see any people but we knew they came up here, so we can manage to get down the mountain;-)… Finally we got further down, no more snow road, just very wet and there it was – another BARRIER and there was also a lock on there, so we just thought – sh… – we can’t go back anymore… what shall we do… BUT – we were sooooo lucky – the lock was open!!!! We could pass the barrier!!! Thank godness!!!

Back down in civilization we drove by the beautiful fjords Aurland-/Naeroyfjord – covered in fog – but still gorgeous…

…Dinner @ a STENGT;-) Camping Site – it was raining, so we had to find a shelter, so why not go there?;-)…

Just 10 min. before we were leaving a tractor was driving in – oh no…;-) But the landlord was REALLY NICE!!! So no problems, I was talking to him – all good…:-)

…Left the campsite and drove further. Actually we were searching for this Stalheim Hotel were you should have a great view to Naeroyfjord, didn’t find it but some km’s after Gudvangen, we found it! Went there, it was already night, so didn’t see a lot;-) and found a cool sleeping place to stay overnight.

Thursday, 1st October 2009, Gudvangen/Stalheim/Naeroy – Voss – Bergen – Norheimsund – Hardangerfjord – Jondal, 216 km

Next morning BLUE SKY, snowy mountains, awesome view – quite cold though… Went for a morning hike to explore the surroundings, didn’t see the fjord though… Well, didn’t matter – wonderful day!!!

…afternoon with our bikes in Bergen… AND it was NOT raining!!!! 🙂 Bergen is known that there is ALWAYS rain… up to 22 days of rain in the month…

…exploring Hansestadt Bergen…

…Ferry to Jondal (again – we were really lucky – any plan when and if there would still be a ferry in the late evening… – just had to wait 20 min… and could go to the other side of the Hardangerfjord…) In our Norway guide it was saying that there is a sommarskisenter near Jondal… So why not go there? As we weren’t lucky with the first one to see, let’s try… But it was to late to go up there today, it was already night, so we found another sleeping spot near some farm houses along the way to the sommarskisenter…

…to be continued…;-)

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