Lofoten Islands, Norway- Day Two

Wow, it has been awhile since I first started blogging about my trip to Norway!  But this past week I’ve been getting lots of notifications from Timehop reminding me that it’s my one year anniversary of visiting one of the most amazing places I’ve ever had the fortune of seeing- Lofoten Islands. If you need refreshing, this is the blog post about our first day … Continue reading Lofoten Islands, Norway- Day Two

My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Lofoten Islands (Days 12)

  After driving from the south of Norway and working our way north to explore the fjords, hike, camp and take in all the sights of Norway, we passed into the Arctic Circle.  We were nearing the end of the Norway aspect of our trip, but we had one last destination- the Lofoten Islands. So after sleeping in the car for the evening, and then … Continue reading My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Lofoten Islands (Days 12)

My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Norway: Aurlandsfjellet, Borgund Stave Church, Nigardsbreen glacier (Day 8 & 9)

After spending the evening in Bergen, we packed up the car the next morning and headed for something that we had read about and were SOOO pumped to see- Aurlandsfjellet- the snow road! Our first stop on our way to our destination was the town of Flam. Like our other days of driving, we passed lots of mountains and drove through several tunnels along our … Continue reading My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Norway: Aurlandsfjellet, Borgund Stave Church, Nigardsbreen glacier (Day 8 & 9)

My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Bergen, Norway (Day 7)

We arrived in Bergen, Norway in the evening of June 13 after a full day of hiking, driving and waterfalls (it took about 7 hours to drive from Pulpit Rock where we had camped the evening before) and drove through the main section of town, getting our first glimpse of the harbour and beautiful buildings of Bergen, though we did get a little lost before arriving … Continue reading My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Bergen, Norway (Day 7)

My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Oslo (Day 4)

After spending the first few days of our trip in Copenhagen we were off to our next destination- Norway!  And our first stop there was the capital city of Oslo.   After going back to the Copenhagen airport (via bus, to train, to shuttle) to pick up the car we were renting (getting an Opel Astra, unfortunately not stick-shift like I had requested, but otherwise it ended up … Continue reading My Scandinavian Adventure 2017- Oslo (Day 4)