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Naeroyfjord
My random image for today is another photo from Norway. Norway’s fjords reminded me of a cross between Hawaii and Yosemite. In just over a week I’ll be in Yosemite. I’m bringing along The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite. Hopefully the weather will cooperate like it did on the day I did Norway in a Nutshell.
When you read about “Norway in a Nutshell” it seems that the train ride and going through the fjords will be the highlights. Perhaps they are, but the bus ride from the fjord (Gudvangen) to Voss is amazing too. In Voss, while waiting for the train, I walked around town and took this photo of Voss’s 13th Century stone church. It boggles my mind to see buildings that have been standing for hundreds of years before Columbus “discovered” America. Luckily this building wasn’t destroyed (like much of Voss) during German bombing in WW2.
Today’s random desktop image is this one. I took this photo out the window of the Flåm Railway train, a train ride I will never forget.
Huldra emerges from the forest to dance next to Kjosfossen Falls
On the Noway in a Nutshell tour, in the summer anyway, tourists get to experience a Huldra. She appears near Kjosfossen Falls, does a dance, and then disappears into the forest once again.
Flowers out the train window on Norway in a Nutshell
There were many scenes I couldn’t capture while doing “Norway in a Nutshell” simply because the train was moving and the photos wouldn’t come out well. I took today’s photo (through the window still, but at least we weren’t moving) while the train made a brief stop.
Nærøyfjord
I hope I can get back to Norway some day.