Business's in Norway tend to open mid morning so to fill in time until we could get some breakfast, we decided to have a look at the Troll Wall which, at 1000 metres, is Europe's tallest vertical overhanging rock face.  Impressive, but difficult to get a true perspective from the ground.  It was a relatively short drive to our next stop of Alesund, and we arrived around midday.  Alesund is a pretty place, basically built on a peninsula and therefore surrounded...

We knew we were in for long but rewarding day today. We were well and truly in the mountains now, constant glimpses of snow patches, moose warning signs, waterfalls that seemed to have no defined starting point cascading down what seemed like sheer cliff faces. All of it spectacular. Our first planned stop was Dalsnibba, a 1500metre vantage point that overlooked the town of Geiranger, at the head of the Geiranger Fjord. The road up was just a constant parade of h...

We picked up our Toyota C-HR and started to navigate our way out of Oslo, which was actually quite easy. Signage was good and the traffic was not chaotic at all. Pretty much on a freeway almost instantly, and we were going well until I veered right! We managed to get ourselves back on track and from there it was plain sailing. We discovered that most towns are bypassed, and there are very few options on the freeway for food and drink. As such lunch was from...

Our train trip from Goteborg to Oslo was very pleasant. Once I had stowed our luggage to the satisfaction of the ticket inspector. Fast, clean and efficient. Our hotel was pretty much in the centre of the city. Sort of like an upmarket hostel but it fitted the bill. Oslo was certainly much busier than Copenhagen. Constant movement of people on the street. We had a stroll around the immediate area. It certainly had a feeling of some affluence. The Opera House is a...