Linda and Roxy's trip through the Netherlands & Norway

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Travel days by bus
We've traveled northwest the last 5 days by bus, stopping overnight in the smaller towns of Skei, Olden, Ålesund, Molde & Kristiansund. The buses are timely, comfortable & clean, though they don't run often. Some routes are once or twice a day and not always on the weekends. We're learning we have to look carefully at how to get somewhere before we book a room! Buses took us through mountain and undersea tunnels, over bridges and on ferries. Roads are narrow, we're happy to not drive. Scenery continues to be beautiful, lots of nature. We've also been surprised at how many small towns, villages & farms with hay, sheep, goats & cows we passed along the bus rides. This area of Norway hasn't been as remote as we expected.

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We’re out for a walk in Skei. Seems these stone slabs are the best material for immovable tables, benches & stairs! Can you hear Linda now….

First view of Nordfjord. The bus ride took us through a few tunnels with roadwork. Seems the buses have priority. We passed a long line of cars waiting at the entrance. Nice riding the bus!

Yep, the roads are narrow! Our bus was pulled over to the mountain to let this truck pass. Thought he wasn’t going to make it. The speed limits here are low. 80 kph (48 mph) is for the wider roads going down to 60 kph (36 mph) or less for most everywhere else. Thankfully drivers actually comply!!

Kayaking is available almost everywhere along the fjords. We’re in Olden along the Nordfjord. This tour guide is getting ready to lead them out.

Good to walk after a bus ride. We’re told some snow stays in the high country all summer. After a couple cloudy days there’s a bit of blue sky!

It’s been fun walking around the towns. There are lots of perennials still blooming & annuals being planted. This is actually a sauna. Protected by trolls! There are trolls all over the place!!

Hellesylt along the Geirangerfjord. This fjord is one of the most visited in Norway. The ferry below runs from Hellesylt to Geiranger. Many cruise ships dock at Geianger and there are day trips from Bergen and Alesund. So many beautiful fjords!

Just coming down from the summit of Aksla hill in Ålesund. There are 418 granite steps leading to the top. Had to stop & breathe occasionally. There are 22 snowy mountains surrounding this town…on a clearer day perhaps. Those are islands in the distance.

FYI, this photo was copied from the internet. There’s just no way we could have shared this with you otherwise. It’s the Atlantic Road. It’s 5 mi long, built on 17 islets which are connected by several causeways & 8 bridges. This one would have been fun to drive so we could stop walk around. Otherwise, it’s been nice to be chauffeured!

Wandering around Molde we found this woman’s drum corps along the harbor boardwalk. They were marching to the main square where a small music event was happening. The event included performances by the drum corps and also a band & singer. Never know what we’ll come across!

This little ferry boat is free public transport to the 4 islands that make up the town of Kristiansund. It travels in a figure 8. It goes to 2 islands, comes back to this dock & then goes to the other 2 islands. Probably takes 20 minutes for all the stops. The pilot wasted no time getting passengers, everyone had to be ready to get on/off quickly.

The little ferry that we took to our hotel in Kristiansund doesn’t run on Sundays so we walked into town over this bridge. Fortunately there was a sidewalk & not much traffic. The view was great from the bridge!