Day 12 7 August Geiranger

We visited this lovely and remote Norwegian village at the end of a Norwegian fiord. 

The 250 local residents are visited each year by 300,000 cruise tourists and is the third most visited port in Norway. 

Many of the older buildings have grass/sod roofs, giving better insulation as one advantage.

We thought it was going to be a sleepy village, but it is connected by a road with many hairpin bends. There were a lot of motor homes and tourist coaches navigating these dangerous corners. Tourists were everywhere as there were two cruise ships in port.

We were first bus away this morning and the weather held up. It was only overcast, not wet. We were led by a young German tourist guide who was entertaining and very informative. We refer to him as the “naughty” tourist guide. He claims that sharing cabins in the woods while hiking is a better way of meeting romantic interests than on-line dating. He is the guy in green.

We visited the Djupvasshyita glacial lake which freezes over in winter and often will still have ice on it in June.

On the way down we had some interesting views.

Kaiser Wilhelm II's favourite holiday hotel, having visited here 11 times.

The town's Stave Church.

The Seven Sisters waterfall.

Just as we left there was some sunshine. It didn't really matter as it was all spectacular.