A Tour of the Sognefjord by Boat
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.
There are a lot 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.
Stephanie took a bunch of pictures too. For many, I'm not really
sure which ones are hers and which are mine.
I was able to identify a few of the places. Some I have guesses on.
Others are "somewhere between Gudvangen and Flåm."
Similarly, there are many, many waterfalls and I can't
identify most of them. Assume the captions for all of those would read:
A beautiful waterfall on the Sognefjord in Norway.
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).
Thursday April 18, 2019
2019 Norway pictures
Part 6: Bergenhus Festning (Bergen Castle Fortress)
Part 7: Fjords: The Train to Voss
Part 8: Fjords: The Bus to Gudvangen
Part 9: Fjords: Gudvangen
Part 10: Sognefjord by Boat
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Departing from Gudvangen
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Aboard the ferry Fanaraaken. I believe it's the name of
a mountain too.
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The E16 road goes into a long tunnel through the mountain
back to Gudvangen.
On our way
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♫"Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the
air"♫
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I know it's a seagull but I like Pink Floyd. Nice backlight.
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Telephoto shot of the top edge of a mountain. The
"hairs" are trees.
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Remains of the wall of a building. Probably in the
village of Bakka.
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Bakka kyrkje (Bakka Church) built in 1859 in the village of
Bakka on the...(more)
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Neat reflection in the water of the light colored
material (gravel?).
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Gondor entrance from Lord of the Rings, minus statues
of Isildur and Anárion...(more)
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It was a bit cool on the boat and a little wind, even though
it was a sunny day.
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Looking back at the Norwegian flag at the stern of the ship.
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I remember asking her to get a close-up of the rocks.
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We felt a little rocking. It was the wake from a
small big boat.
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Though you have to deal with neighbors. Like one within
25 miles2 (65M2).
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The village of Undredal. The stave church, with the red
steeple, is visible...(more)
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Kind of sucky for playing ball here if it rolls down the hill...
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Who needs New Zealand when Norway has its own Gondor?
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A few isolated houses just in front of the mountain shadow.
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Mountain shadow, not a giant troll hand reaching for the
houses. I think.
Approaching Flåm
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The younger of the two officers in the boat's bridge.
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Some of the controls and displays on the ship's bridge.
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Mountains surrounding Flåm. The dots on top are trees!
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Panoramic shot of eastern part of
the port at Flåm.
2019 Norway pictures
Part 6: Bergenhus Festning (Bergen Castle Fortress)
Part 7: Fjords: The Train to Voss
Part 8: Fjords: The Bus to Gudvangen
Part 9: Fjords: Gudvangen
Part 10: Sognefjord by Boat
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