Friday, October 20, 2000

Hamar to Geiranger-Day 11


This is a Stave Church in Lom.  Before reaching it we traveled along the shores of Lake Adjosa and spend time at the Olympic town Lillehammer and see some of the ski slopes that are still in place.
 


Then we travel into the mountains and along the fjords --and what scenery that is.  All this before we reach our fjiord side hotel in the town of Geiranger.
 
The hotel is called "Hotel with a View"

Before we get there we travel on the last ferry of the year 2000 because winter will soon begin.  The scenery is more beautiful than we ever expecxted to see.

There were farms up in this precipitous mountains as recently as 1961. The farms were a testament to man's ability to survive. History tells us of children and animals being tethered so they didn't fall over precipices, of walking several miles to fetch the midwife or doctor. And of paths being blocked up when the tax man came!

Picture taken on the ferry. 


Walking in and around the hotel area.
 
 



More scenery from our ferry.

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