On the Road Again!

The World in Pictures - Day 7 I have been challenged by Neill Devall to post a picture, every day, for the next 10 days. The picture can be of anything you like but each picture must have been taken in a different country. You can tell us about the photo or not, as you wish but must at least specify the country. I'm not going to challenge anyone, but if friends want to take part so well and good! Norway - Olden

Soon after the ship was secured for sea the pub alongside the jetty began to play Rod Stewart's "Sailing".  This tune grew in popularity in UK after it was used by TV as the theme tune to a documentary series about the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal". At the moment there is not enough bandwidth or even a phone signal to upload my video to FB or YouTube. An hour later we are making our way westwards along the Innvikfjorden heading to the Nordfjord and the sea.  We are sitting on our balcony as we slide between the high sides of the fjord. Both sides heavily wooded with open patches with small groups of houses. Tonight we have decided to have a later dinner.  The entertainment on Monday was very good and we just made it. The group were called "Beautiful World" and were a tribute to Take That. Last night we just made it to the Malabar to watch the reggae group "Accent" perform covers from Bob Marley and others. If anyone with a working internet can...

In Olden today. Some people went on the excursion buses but as we have been before we decided to have leisurely walk from the ship to the town itself. Have an ice cream and nip in the Coop for some chocolate bars. I took a few photos of the fjord and then on the way back we came across a viking from the other ship! Claire with a "Viking" Azura on the right

It's early morning and we have started up the fjord to Olden. By daylight we were deep in. There's still snow on some of the mountains.

We have pretty much a full day in Olden and with it being Sunday there might not be anything open. We are alongside the dock today and another ship is at anchor in the fjord and using its tenders. The other ship is the Swan Hellenic Line "Minerva". It used to be the Saga Pearl. Maybe today we will find an elusive post box for our cards bought and stamped on Friday? After breakfast we'll take a stroll into town. Or maybe lazily take a ride on the tourist train. We are on holiday after all. Light breakfast taken.  We took the little tourist train. It was 300kr for two. A little pricey but we saw things that if we had been on foot we'd never have seen. The train takes you past Olden centre and out on the road to the Briksdalsbreen Glacier. We opted for the local tour as we went to a glacier yesterday. A couple of stops to look at the lakes formed by the glaciers in the ice age and the waterfall on the outskirts of the town. We hopped off the train back in the town and wa...