Travelogue Norway -- Hike 2

[Technical note -- the images are hyperlinks, so if you'd like to see bigger versions, just click on them. The whole (as it stands) Nordfjordeid album is here: Nordfjordeid! ]

This view of the fjord reminds me of Vancouver B.C.:

From Nordfjordeid

On Sunday (day after hike 1), there was a more organized hike, since it was sunny and the following days were fixing to rain. I managed to just miss the 'real'/serious hike and instead wandered around with some nice French grad students from Nice.

View from our ramble:

From Nordfjordeid

Another sod-roof house:

From Nordfjordeid

From our walk, we can see the mountain I hiked (3/4 or 2/3 of the way) up before:

From Nordfjordeid

We eventually found a (rarely used) path and started walking up it. Most land in Norway is public use, so you can just start walking 'at' a mountain and eventually find a path. They're all roughly equally treacherous, crossing streams and steeply inclined. Also, quite pretty. This side of the fjord was less crowded with houses; less sunlight. This may've lead to it being wetter, since there were some mosquitos.

A nice view from our ramble:

From Nordfjordeid

We turned back before getting that far.

That night, or maybe the night after, it was rainy/foggy and therefore actually a little dark around 23:30, so I was able to take this picture:

From Nordfjordeid

Next installment -- Briskdalbreen glacier, and hitting the pub with the women of the conferennce.