After a casual pack away, we hitched up the caravan and pre-warmed the car engine to start the quite steep 5km climb up to the E16 road. Within a kilometre we entered the first of more than 30 tunnels on the route, the 11km tunnel to Gudvangen at the head of Nærøyfjord. Luckily there is no gephyrophobia * here 🙂
Towing Kilometres – Today: 150 Cumulative: 22,709
In Norway there are 18 National Scenic Routes or Nasjonale turistveger and we were lucky to be in the vicinity of one known as Aurlandsfjellet.
As we were staying in Flåm we began our trip in the village of Aurlandsvangen, on the east side of the Aurlandsfjord and drove towards Lærdalsøyri , a total of 47 kms.
Continue reading Scenic Drive from Flåm to Borgund Stave Church
After time to freshen up back at the campsite we headed back into the village to the Ægir Brew Pub part of the Flåmsbrygga, a cluster of buildings located here in Flåm.
We had already visited it on the previous evening and Ray had sampled their taster board of 5 home brewed beers and I had enjoyed a glass of Bøyla blonde ale. Yummy 😉
Flåm is a relatively small village nestled in the corner of the Aurlandsfjord, a branch of the world’s longest fjords, Sognefjord, which has very few inhabitants but certainly comes alive when the large cruise ships and tourist buses turn up!
Ray had booked us tickets for a trip on the on Flåm Mountain Railway for Friday night so we were really looking forward to that. Continue reading Flåm Mountain Railway
Next on the wish list of places to visit was the famous mountain railway, the Flåmsbana. So today we are Flåm bound.
The initial part of the journey meant backtracking up the FV724 to Olden before turning west. Continue reading Flåm Bound