Norway, August 2007

Kai and baby Maia

The happy couple, just out the church door

Father & son

Marte & Annette, enjoying pre-dinner champagne

Jørn and Finn

Brita and Finn, laughing

A really interesting ceramic artist in Røros

Art in the courtyard

Yes, a _really_interesting ceramic artist...

Even King the Dog has a turf roof

Close-up of turf roof construction

Røros church

The old pharmacy

On the bridge over Røa (the local river), slagheaps in the background

View from the other side of the river

Look at the slate chimney

Rest stops in Norway are nice!

A waterfall we happened to stop at

Rødven stave church

Some older headstones show the deceased's occupation

Really old (perhaps replaced?) headstones

Inside Rødven Stave Church

The pews show different Danish kings

The leper's-eye view of the church

Before the climb up the Trollstigen (Troll's Ladder)

Check out the hairpin turns

One-lane bridge over Stigfossen

Cows?!? Here?!?

Looking down

Cairns in the fog at the fop

The fog starts to clear

Really nice rest stops!

Looking down from Ørnesvingen into Geirangerfjord

The Seven Sisters - can you see the farm perched on the hill?

The Seven Sisters

The view from our hotel room

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund - view from the Fjellstua

WWII German bunker on Fjellstua

Our hotel is the greenish building on the water

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Eat more bread!

Our hotel in Ålesund

Ålesund

Backyard garden in Ålesund

Ålesund (from the hotel)

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Ålesund

Looking up to the Fjellstua (we walked up there!)

Ålesund

Fjord landscape

Fjord landscape (or is it Mordor?)

Fjord landscape

Moss, lichens & me

Rondane National Park

Rondane National Park

Sheep roadblock!

County boundaries

Trailhead

The bed we both slept in

The other bed -- slightly too short for me

View of Gudbrandsdalen

Barrel for salting meat (?)

The 14th C medieval sleeping loft (used by pilgrims - and now us)

Old farm tools

A visit to the newlyweds at their "hytte" (cabin)

View from the hytte

A concert in the Hamar Cathedral