Norway part 2: Fjords

What is a fjord, really, you ask? It's in between a bay and a river. This fjord that we rode this ferry down looked much like the Hudson river, and I kept having to tell myself that it was salt water. We are drinking hot chocolate to help stay a little warmer as the chill air blew through our meager layers from Cairo.



On the way up the fjord, we were treated to brilliant fall colors. It was like fireworks compared to the constant brown of Cairo.


Trolls are very popular in Norway. Not the trolls themselves perhaps, but their imagery. Yes, trolls are generally depicted with tails eating wild mushrooms.


Though it is only the start of October, the train on the way back to Bergen passed over a snowy plain.

The hypnotizing fjord, close up. We really only believed that it was salt water after seeing a fleet of starfish.

We stayed one night in a cabin with a little deck right over the fjord. One can't help but feel romantic in a setting like this.