Flam, Norway
Absolutely beautiful XXX
4th May
Daddy’s birthday present Kayaking on the Fjord
Colin
goes up on deck while Amy is still sleeping for the first glimpse of Flam our
first stop, absolutely stunning scenery with the snow-capped mountains!
Amy
is up and ready now for the adventure of Kayaking on the Fjord, feeling bit
nervous and excited as none of us have been kayaking before!
Off
the ship and we have arrived in Flam
Beautiful
sunny day again :o)
First
stop is the bank for Norwegian cash!
Across
the bridge to get to the Kayaking Njord Centre
Stunning
and this is where our kayaking adventure begins from the hut in the distance
beautiful saying on their sign
WOW
what
a backdrop!
Amy
is ready all geared up with life jacket and waterproof jacket on
Amy
is with the guide Irwin and Colin and I are in the same kayak
stopped
to look at the farm on the hill that has been there since 800AD
looking over the
fjord to the next town
One
of our 3 guides Louisa sounding Norwegian name!
Amy
with Irwin giving the history of the cliffs on the left hand side
the
scenery we are seeing from our kayaks
the
rest of our tour mates
Colin
looking chilled!
turned round and what
a view out to Flam and our cruise ship
what a backdrop, wowee!
Beautiful with the aeroplane above :o)
Amy
sticking with Irwin and helping with the guide talk!
The
Viking burial grounds
As
part of the kayaking tour we take a hike up the Old King’s Path
We
stop at the beautiful lagoon which in the height of summer they go for a swim
but at the moment it is still freezing with the snow melting Brrrrr!
The
girls with Irwin
We head further up to
see the top of the waterfall, very precarious steep walk up but WOW it was
worth it! Amy wasn’t keen to go up so
Irwin and I were going to stay down but then Amy turned round and said ‘this is
a trip of a lifetime so I may never come back here and I will never know what
Daddy has seen so I am going to try and climb up’ Irwin was cool with this and said we could
turn around at anytime but the determined soul Amy is she managed the whole way
up! She wasn’t disappointed!
we
could feel the spray from the waterfall, wow!
Climbing back down
again! This was worse than climbing up
I’m glad she took Colin’s hand and not mine!
We’ve made it down to
see the wonderful sight of our kayaks sitting by the shore of the Fjord,
wow! So Amy slid on the mud coming down
and managed to get mud all up her leg and her trainer just lucky I had hold of
her and I managed to stand on a rock which slid under my foot and slid down a
little catching my knee on little rocks, no injuries though but soooo glad to
get back onto the grassy level path!
Heading
back towards the ship now, amazing views!
– the snow capped
mountains which do mostly thaw out by mid August and then the snow comes again
mid September, ffffffffreezing!!!!!
The
only kayak left out is Amy and Irwin, come in number 8 your time is up haha!!
Looking
good partners!
– the muddy shoe and
leg, wouldn’t be soooo bad if we had a washing machine!
Tired
out after kayaking so we headed back onto the cruise ship for lunch
After lunch Amy
stayed on the ship and Colin and I went back to explore Flam a bit more and
came across a Norwegian Troll
Beautiful scenery
behind us!
Amy
trying to keep her eyes open after a few attempts ha ha!!
Having
a game of shuffleboard
The
Anderson team away to play 9 hole crazy golf on deck 10
A tricky position
you’ve got yourself into there Miss Amy!
And the same for you
Mr Colin!!
Yeehah!
I won that hole!!
The
town of Flam
Very
picturesque view at tea as we left Flam – dress code tonight was white casual
Going
slowly out of port
View behind us!
One
of the towns we have just sailed past
Sun
setting on an absolutely gorgeous day!
Tomorrow is Geiranger!
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