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The cruise boat (it was a small ferry) goes from Gudvangen to Flåm,
starting at the southern part of Nærøyfjord and ending at the 
southern part of Aurlandsfjord, which are both branches off of Sognefjord.
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There are <i>a lot</i> of pictures here.  And most are kind of the
same thing, water, mountains, rock, snow, and sky.  I don't know the
exact location of most of these places, though they're not that far
away from each other.  The boat trip took about 2 hours total. 
It was quite beautiful.
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Stephanie took a bunch of pictures too.  For many, I'm not really 
sure which ones are hers and which are mine.
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I was able to identify a few of the places.  Some I have guesses on.
Others are &quot;somewhere between Gudvangen and Flåm.&quot;  
Similarly, there are many, <i>many</i> waterfalls and I can't 
identify most of them.  Assume the captions for all of those would read: 
</i>A beautiful waterfall on the Sognefjord in Norway.</i>
Similarly, most of the mountains, snow-capped, and otherwise, are 
equally beyond my ability to identify.  A number of places look 
reminiscent of some of the settings for the Lord of the Rings movies 
(even though they were filmed in New Zealand).
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Thursday April 18, 2019

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001-DSC_2730-header: Departing from Gudvangen
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001-DSC_2730: The ship approaches in the distance.
002-DSC_2731: The ship docking at Gudvangen.
003-DSC_2732: 
004-DSC_2733: Aboard the ferry Fanaraaken.  I believe it's the name of
a mountain too.
005-DSC_2735: The ferry leaves the dock at Gudvangen.
006-DSC_2736: Leaving Gudvangen.
007-DSC_2737: Goodbyte to Gudvangen.
008-DSC_2738: The E16 road goes into a long tunnel through the mountain
back to Gudvangen.
009-DSC_2739: Gudvangen and our wake as we turn around.
010-DSC_2740: (Ferry) Boat people!
011-DSC_2741: For those who want to get away from it all...


012-DSC_2742-header: On our way
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015-DSC_2745: 
016-DSC_2746: &#9835;&quot;Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the
air&quot;&#9835;
017-DSC_2748: I know it's a seagull but I like Pink Floyd.  Nice backlight.
018-DSC_2751: Cool ripple patterns in the fjord from our wake.
019-DSC_2752: Telephoto shot of the top edge of a mountain.  The
&quot;hairs&quot are trees.
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023-DSC_2756: Remains of the wall of a building.  Probably in the 
village of Bakka.
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025-DSC_2758: 
026-DSC_2759: Bakka kyrkje (Bakka Church) built in 1859 in the village of
Bakka on the Nærøyfjord.
027-DSC_2760: Bakka kyrkje (Bakka Church) on Nærøyfjord.
028-DSC_2762: The village of Tufte.
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037-DSC_2771: A Norwegian seagull perches on the ship's flagpole.
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043-DSC_2784: I like the symmetry of this picture.
044-DSC_2785: 
045-DSC_2788: Neat reflection in the water of the light colored 
material (gravel?).
046-DSC_2794: Styvi Farmmuseum.
047-DSC_2796: Gondor entrance from Lord of the Rings, minus statues 
of Isildur and Anárion (in my imagination).
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049-DSC_2802: It was a bit cool on the boat and a little wind, even though
it was a sunny day.
050-DSC_2803: Leaving Drydal where we made a very quick stop.
051-DSC_2804: Just beyond Drydal
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060-DSC_2817: The view from the stern of the ship.
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064-DSC_2823: Looking back at the Norwegian flag at the stern of the ship.
065-DSC_2824: I <i>think</i> Stephanie took these three.  
066-DSC_2826: I remember asking her to get a close-up of the rocks.
067-DSC_2827: And the lip.
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073-DSC_2835: We felt a little rocking.  It was the wake from a 
small big boat.
074-DSC_2836: Another boat on Aurlandsfjord.
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078-DSC_2840: More cool wave patterns in the water.
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100-DSC_2871: Now that's a room with a view.
101-DSC_2872: And a place to get away from it all.
102-DSC_2873: Far away.
103-DSC_2874: Though you have to deal with neighbors.  Like one within
25 miles<sup>2</sup> (65M<sup>2</sup>).
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109-DSC_2880: Outskirts of the village of Undredal.
110-DSC_2881: Village of Undredal.
111-DSC_2882: Village of Undredal.
112-DSC_2883: The village of Undredal.  The stave church, with the red
steeple, is visible just to the left of the large red barn in the middle right
of the image.  The church dates from 1147.  Until 1988, Undredal was only
accissble by boat.
113-DSC_2884: Kind of sucky for playing ball here if it rolls down the hill...
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116-DSC_2887: The municipality of Aurland.
117-DSC_2888: Aurland is visible in the distance on the far shore.
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120-DSC_2891: Who needs New Zealand when Norway has its own Gondor?
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122-DSC_2893: A few isolated houses just in front of the mountain shadow.
123-DSC_2894: Mountain shadow, not a giant troll hand reaching for the 
houses.  I think.
124-DSC_2895: 
125-DSC_2898: The municipality of Aurland.
126-DSC_2900: The municipality of Aurland.

127-DSC_2901-header: Approaching Flåm
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127-DSC_2901: The younger of the two officers in the boat&apos;s bridge.
128-DSC_2903: Some of the controls and displays on the ship&apos;s bridge.
129-DSC_2904: The outskirts of Flåm.
130-DSC_2905: Approaching Flåm.
131-DSC_2907: Mountains surrounding Flåm.  The dots on top are trees!
132-DSC_2908: Aurlandsfjord looking out from the harbor at Flåm.
133-DSC_2910: 
134-DSC_2911: Waterfalls behind houses in Flåm.
135-DSC_2917: 
136-DSC_2923: Hotels at Flåm.
137-DSC_2926: Approaching the dock at Flåm.
138-DSC_2931: Another, smaller boat docked at Flåm.
139-DSC_2933: Leaving the boat arriving at Flåm.
140-flam_harbor_Panorama: Panoramic shot of eastern part of
the port at Flåm.

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