We had a quick look around Fjaerland this morning, a tiny village beside the Sognefjord, next to the Jostedalsbreen glacier, known as the book capital of Norway. From here we had a beautiful view down the fjord one way and the glacier the other way - possibly my favourite 'fjord-view' so far. The weather was appalling however (again) so we had a plan to head to a water-park in Gaupne but on arrival the entire town was in the midst of a huge fair and there was...

We left Laerdal late morning to catch the car ferry across the fjord to Sogndal and our first visit to the Vinmonopolet in Norway. "Mummy, have we really just stopped to buy wine?" asked M. "Hmm, yes. You can't buy it many places in Norway and they don't sell it on certain days, so yes..." says Mummy trying to turn this into education on Norway's licensing laws. It was certainly educating for us, naively trying to buy a bottle of wine in the supermarket in La...