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Day 3: to Flåm by trains!
Early up the next day since we had a train out of Oslo just past 8am. Our hotel was right next to the station, which was nice, and we were able to board the train towards Bergen without incident. We were not going all the way to Bergen that day, however!
This route is supposed to be one of the prettiest in Europe and it went high into the mountains, giving us some views of snowy mountain tops and very cold very small train stations in the middle of nowhere! The weather continued to be fabulous, so the snow was bright and the skies blue! A long section of the line was under snowsheds, which was kinda cool.
In the middle of nowhere, ie a small station called Myrdal we got off the Bergen train and boarded the much older and quainter train cars of the Flåm railway! More about the train and how the line was built!
Lots of elevation lost quickly, in tunnels and incredible views of the mountains, the river the line follows, and most importantly, the line itself on the way down.
One funny/WTF incident. Dh and I were sitting across from each other and at one point, he got up to move to an empty area -no seats- on the other side of the car to take some photos. The second he was out of the way, this family of three -mother, father, and twentysomething daughter- swooop in shoving our camera bag on the seat out of the way to get closer to "our" window, all three of them completely invading my personal space. Then... the daughter tried to use my head to stabilize her shot. I moved -lady, I am not your fucking tripod- and she hissed in annoyance. I mean, really?
We got to Flåm, checked into our hotel and went back out to explore the railway museum and the very cute but very small little town. We found where our boat would be the next morning for the fjord tour and I had possibly the worst hamburger I have ever eaten, though dh said his fish and chips was ok. Not much night life in town (not that we go for night life, but it's nice to pretend) so we turned in early.
Next day, we'd be taking a boat down a section of the Nærøyfjord then a bus and train into Bergen.
A lot of these are taken from a moving train, sigh.
The Oslo to Bergen line.
The Flåmsbana ie the Flåm line.
The start of the line in Myrdal.
The waterfall must be spectacular when it's running! The ice was pretty damn impressive!
Bits of the line.
From Flåm
I'll post links to the photos dh took with the real camera once we've got them sorted!
This route is supposed to be one of the prettiest in Europe and it went high into the mountains, giving us some views of snowy mountain tops and very cold very small train stations in the middle of nowhere! The weather continued to be fabulous, so the snow was bright and the skies blue! A long section of the line was under snowsheds, which was kinda cool.
In the middle of nowhere, ie a small station called Myrdal we got off the Bergen train and boarded the much older and quainter train cars of the Flåm railway! More about the train and how the line was built!
Lots of elevation lost quickly, in tunnels and incredible views of the mountains, the river the line follows, and most importantly, the line itself on the way down.
One funny/WTF incident. Dh and I were sitting across from each other and at one point, he got up to move to an empty area -no seats- on the other side of the car to take some photos. The second he was out of the way, this family of three -mother, father, and twentysomething daughter- swooop in shoving our camera bag on the seat out of the way to get closer to "our" window, all three of them completely invading my personal space. Then... the daughter tried to use my head to stabilize her shot. I moved -lady, I am not your fucking tripod- and she hissed in annoyance. I mean, really?
We got to Flåm, checked into our hotel and went back out to explore the railway museum and the very cute but very small little town. We found where our boat would be the next morning for the fjord tour and I had possibly the worst hamburger I have ever eaten, though dh said his fish and chips was ok. Not much night life in town (not that we go for night life, but it's nice to pretend) so we turned in early.
Next day, we'd be taking a boat down a section of the Nærøyfjord then a bus and train into Bergen.
A lot of these are taken from a moving train, sigh.
The Oslo to Bergen line.
The Flåmsbana ie the Flåm line.
The start of the line in Myrdal.
The waterfall must be spectacular when it's running! The ice was pretty damn impressive!
Bits of the line.
From Flåm
I'll post links to the photos dh took with the real camera once we've got them sorted!