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And That’s the Nutshell! (5/11/25)

In a nutshell, it was quite a trip! So grateful to have been able to experience the majesty of the Norwegian countryside in what has been exceptional weather (at least 12 degrees F warmer than average). I have tried to be judicious in picking photos for this, though whatever cloud our photos are being stored in must be getting full. . .Oh, and we had a random fun finding on this part of the journey as well.

The day started with a lovely run in Flam around the fjord, listening to waterfalls and bells on goats. Then to another hotel buffet breakfast, maybe even better than the one in Oslo. Glad they’ll be weighing the bags and not us when we fly out of here. The Nutshell part of the day started at 9:30 am with a 2 hour ferry ride to Gudvangen. The journey was made even more impressive due to the absence of noise on the electric ferry.

Take that Tesla!
Waiting to board
Everyone walked to the top of the boat for departure
Leaving Flam
Picking up speed
Selfie at sea and the last time today we’d have our coats on
Another cute community in the mountains
Bob was showing me the visual instructions provided by Fjord Tours to help us in making our connections along the journey.
Another amazing waterfall
Fjordtastic

After arriving in Gudvangen, we walked directly to a bus to begin our journey to Voss, Norway. First we drove 15 minutes to Stalheim for a 15 minute photo stop at the Stalheim Hotel.

A lookout point into the valley behind the hotel
The valley below the hotel
An automatic lawnmower at the hotel
and a small building with grass on the roof.
We have seen both of these in our journey around Norway.

After the photo stop, we had a 40 minute scenic bus ride into Voss.

We had about an hour to peruse and/or relax in Voss before catching our 90 minute train ride into Bergen. These were our favorite finds in Voss.

The town goes from the sea into the mountains
A fun take on Voss
Who knew? Knute Rockne was born in Voss!

One reply on “And That’s the Nutshell! (5/11/25)”

Oh boy what a great trip, the ferry looks superb as does All the scenery What a great find well done Bob next career “WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AGENT” 😁👍

S.J.B

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