What is it about a waterfall? Why is each one a startling, mesmerizing, awe-inspiring moment? The gush of powerful fresh water captured by gravity, the water tumbling downward from towering heights over enormous boulders, the overwhelming force of nature, the sheer beauty?
Our ferry ride through the breathtakingly beautiful Sognefjord and Naerofjord began when the Gudvangen ferry sailed into our dock at Aurland where we had spent the night, opened up its bow, and gathered us in.
We climbed to the top deck as spectacular views of high waterfalls, mountain cliffs, and tiny remote fjord-side villages began immediately. During the cruise we oooed and aahhed at tumbling, gushing, and sometimes free-falling waterfalls on both sides of the narrow waterway formed by a long ago glacier that cut through granite forming cliffs on either side. That glacier then of course melted down providing the fjord on which we sailed.
After the boat's scenic wonders, a bus ride to Voss over a multi hairpin-curve roadway provided even more fantastic waterfalls. It seems that in Norway the scenery never stops!
We saw no live trolls today, but got acquainted with "Sven" when our bus dropped us off at the Voss, Norway train station.
Our ferry ride through the breathtakingly beautiful Sognefjord and Naerofjord began when the Gudvangen ferry sailed into our dock at Aurland where we had spent the night, opened up its bow, and gathered us in.
We climbed to the top deck as spectacular views of high waterfalls, mountain cliffs, and tiny remote fjord-side villages began immediately. During the cruise we oooed and aahhed at tumbling, gushing, and sometimes free-falling waterfalls on both sides of the narrow waterway formed by a long ago glacier that cut through granite forming cliffs on either side. That glacier then of course melted down providing the fjord on which we sailed.
After the boat's scenic wonders, a bus ride to Voss over a multi hairpin-curve roadway provided even more fantastic waterfalls. It seems that in Norway the scenery never stops!
We saw no live trolls today, but got acquainted with "Sven" when our bus dropped us off at the Voss, Norway train station.
