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...

More school this morning but with the best ever playground for playtime/PE. It's apparently 'Norway's first Motorikpark(TM)' - whatever one of those is. It seems to be lots of fun to play on though, whatever it is, having entertained the childen for most of the day only interrupted by a short walk into town to visit the Norwegian Wild Salmon Centre and learn a little about the amazing life of the wild salmon that live in the River Lærdalselvi, one of the most w...

We drove to Gudvangen this morning to cruise the fjords... We were excited about World Heritage-listed Nærøyfjord, surounded by mountains, waterfalls and narrow valleys but somehow it didn't manage to live up to our expectations and we're still trying to work out why. I suspect it was a combination of the grey day and the gale blowing around us; the throngs of tourists we shared the trip with who seemed more excited about feeding seagulls chocolate biscuits ...

A day for chores..... We made the most of the grey and wet morning to actually do some schoolwork and get some washing done before heading to the supermarket to be really confused again by the prices. We're still trying to work out why we can't buy a tub of ice-cream for less than £8 but a huge tub of potato salad is 80p. We are being very careful to check every single price because of this so we don't accidentally buy a small quiche for £9. I think we did ...

Firstly, we went to a nature centre. Next, we got in in Bob and drove to Norway's longest freefall waterfall. It was beautiful and the water was as powerful as a bullet shot out of a gun. There wasn't just that waterfall, there was loads more all around. Next, we got in Bob and drove to Voss, a little town on a lake. Once we arrived, we went to the football pitch and watched Voss Ladies play against another Norwegian team dressed in white. It was a thrilling m...