Geirangerfjord - Norway

You have to be here to believe it, so the brochure says. The brochure is so very correct.

What a day, what a place. 

Geiranger was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 14, 2005. The status on the list was justified by the countryside, the fjord landscape and the nature-friendliness of the area.

The Fjord is 16 kilometres long, and the average depth is 260 meters. The water is as clear as we have seen. But nit a good spot for a swim.

There is a population of 210, and annually they receive over 600,000 visitors. Plenty of work for the locals! 

While we waited for our tour to begin we walked through town to the base of the falls, happily the weather was much kinder than yesterday. There was a delightful caravan park right at the edge of the water, and was quite busy.

Our Limo driver arrived promptly and off we set for our trip to MtDalsnibba, due to a heavy fall of snow we had a change of plans. We were in a lovely Lincoln car, very comfy, and enjoyed some extraordinary scenery. 

The roads were full of hairpin bends, all added to the excitement of the morning! 

We stopped at many photo opportunities, and luckily either before or after the large tourist busses arrived. One stop was to view a drystone bridge built in 1882. What a remarkable feat! Geiranger Canyon way up in the sky allowed us to take some super shots of our ship ... Snow everywhere. Such beauty all around us.

We then travelled the Eagle Road and stopped at Lake Eidsvatnet. That was kind of like Lake Louise, so pretty.

On we went to have a stop at a store built in 1865, the shopkeeper was a friendly woman, and made us all feel very welcome. We met the grandson of the original builder of the store,  the grandson was a sprightly 93 year old! 

Some more photo stops before arriving back into town.

OK let's find a pub for a meal we said....... The girl at the tourist information centre gave us directions.  She failed to mention it was almost vertical! When we got there, no time for a lunch stop, so a pit stop then we took the "short" cut back to town.

Tippin' my legs will be squealing for months! There must have been 27 thousand stairs, at least! 

Onto our next adventure for the day, a boat trip along the Fjords on the MS Geirangerfjord. It lasted one and a half hours and was truly wonderful.... Except for the times old nan and pop dozed off, we were like a tag team!...  I still managed to take another zillion photos of waterfalls and cliffs!

A MAGIC DAY.

Back home for the spectacular sail out on our way to Flam tomorrow.