Back from my break.

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Last week we went to Norway for a short break on a cruise. Norway is particularly pretty because of the fjords. The main reason people cruise here is because of the scenery. One of the fjords we sailed through was 128 miles long to reach a tiny little village with one shop and nothing else apart from the mountains and fjord which were being fed by the waterfalls that fall down the mountain sides and empty into the fjord. The mountains are quite high and the fjords are very deep in places. Some of the fjords are 1,300+metres (4000 ft) plus deep whilst surrounded by mountains 1900+ metres ( 4921 ft) plus on either side. We went up to the tops of the mountains in one of the national parks. There were still pockets of snow at the top although with the sun at the top they were slowly melting and refreezing at night. Surprisingly the sun was quite hot while we were up the mountains but weather can change in an instant. The drive up into the mountains whilst giving stunning views also gave some quite frightening moments negotiating the hair pin bends on the way up and on the way back down with sheer drops. It would be bad enough in a car but on a bus it was quite hair raising. Norway is an extremely neat and clean country albeit very expensive. It was light for 22 hours per day and almost like daylight at 1AM. By three Am it was daylight again. Imagine trying to sleep in such light conditions. That was a great point for me being light for so long however in winter it is a total reversal. It is almost night time for 22 hours a day for me that would be torture. If we had gone further north then the sun would have been in the sky for 24 hours. Oh lordy that would be wonderful. A few nights we were sitting on the top deck of the ship in almost daylight conditions at around 1AM and when it did get a little dark it was similar to being around 7-9pm back in the UK. The photo is going up one of the fjords at around 3AM.