Preikestolen, known as Pulpit Rock, was about 10 minutes drive from where we were staying. It's a large rocky platform 604 m high overlooking Lysefjorden. Despite a foggy morning, it soon started to clear and after a quick detour to the supermarket to get some rolls and snackable vegetables, we drove out to the Preikestolen carpark.  Our Airbnb host, Egil, had told us that you can park at the hotel just next to the car park for free which would mean that we ...

We had a long 6.5 hour drive from Arendal to Jørpeland today. Luckily the scenery was absolutely incredible so it wasn't a boring drive! There were so many lakes (a lot of them were frozen lakes), snow everywhere, cliffs, waterfalls running down the cliffs, and lots of trees. We stopped for lunch along the way at Fjotland overlooking a lake (and right next to a church and cemetery) and had noodles that we made this morning. Towards the end of the drive, we c...