From all indications it
was going to be a cold and wet trip. We had been tracking the weather before we
left and almost every day was cold and rainy. So long johns, rain jackets, rain
pants, fleece vest, and wool socks were all packed. When we left Dulles International
Airport, it was a sunny and warm May day. We changed planes in Iceland and the sun was
shining brightly. Then it hit me, we should have made this an Icelandic trip.
Well, I must say I was surprised to find that when we landed in Oslo it was not
raining. We spent the next beautiful day at the Folk Museum in Oslo. It rained
on our way to Lillehammer and the following day which was their National
Holiday. The rain did not dampen the spirit of the locals who were dressed in
their local outfits and marched in their parades. Then the rain stopped until
the day we flew home!
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Storage Building
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Lom Stave Church
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Mountain Pass
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Pat in the mountains
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The first two weeks in
Norway we explored on our own. We had a rental car for nine days and spend five
additional days in Oslo. In Lillehammer we visited the site of the 1992 Olympic
Games; the ski jump was just above the town. We drove north, then east to Lom.
We toured the stave church there and then headed into the snow covered
mountains. We crossed Norway’s most beautiful fjord, the Sognefjord, in a ferry
boat. At 127 miles long, this is second longest fjord in the world, and has a maximum
depth of 4291 feet. We continued to Vic where
we visited a stave church and a stone church.
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