Hello from Åndalsnes, Norway! Today was simply spectacular.
You know those summer days when the temperature is perfect and you find yourself spending the entire day outside? Those days where you wish the day would never end because you just want more of the same? Today was one of those days.
It started early as we made our way up the Romsdalsfjord to get to Åndalsnes. If anyone tells you Norwegian fjords are stunning, believe them.
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| Fishing pots I think |
Once we arrived in port I was excited to find my cabin facing the town. In the sun. It gave me the opportunity to watch the going ons around the town. And in the water. Sailboats, jet skis, and kayaks made trips back and forth. I even watched kids doing backflips into the chilly water.
I had plenty of time to watch everything because I was waiting for the clouds to clear up on Mt. Nesaksla. I visited there last month (you can read about it here) and I was determined to make another trip today.
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| Not going yet |
After some time the clouds still hadn't cleared out so I decided to head to the grocery store to find some kind of something for me to be able to taste.
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| Bacon Gull? I think they're pork rinds |
I picked up a "Tex-Mex Taco" (well, Norway's interpretation of it), some cheese doodles, and a chocolate-coconut thingy and headed back to the marina to munch on it across from the ship. I'm not sure what was in the taco but it wasn't what I expected. I couldn't taste it but from the textures it appeared to be some meat with a couple beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, and a big chunk of coleslaw (or lots of mayonnaise or sour cream) inside a flour tortilla. I only made it through part of it and had to give up.
But the chocolate-coconut thing? Oh, my. It had the texture of a cake pop - with cake and frosting mixed together maybe? - and then rolled in coconut. It was small and I ate the whole darn thing.
I then moseyed through the town and got some pictures of a statue and street sign of course, but also of cool cars and just-as-cool flowers.
By the time I was finishing up a mountain made a bold appearance.
Off to the cable car/gondola! Last time I wound up in the clouds and fog and couldn't hardly see a thing but not today. Simply spectacular.
Even though I had to help him a lot, Scooter and I took every single ramp and made it all the way until they ended. Just look at all those steep ramps. We ROCK.
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| As far as we can go |
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| View from the gondola on the way back down |