June 3, 2015

Today, we traveled from Bergen to Stavanger and noticed a change in the terrain, which was very rocky.  Many rock outcroppings and in the fields, that had many sheep grazing, there were many boulders.

The other photos were taken while we waited for one of the two ferries needed to complete the trip.  The view, while we waited to board, a jelly fish, a seagull, and the ferry.

June 2, 2015

Time for a little trivia... Tunnels and Suspension Bridges.

What would you guess as to the number of tunnels in Norway?

How long is the longest?

How many MILES of tunnels in Norway?

There are over 900 tunnels.

 

The longest is a little over 15 miles in length.

They even have 'Round-Abouts' in some of them... the picture below is one of them.

 

There are over 465 miles of tunnels in Norway.

Do you think the Norwegians might have 'tunnel-vision?"


There are 28 Suspension Bridges in Norway.  Did you know that there are 85 Suspension Bridges in the United States?  Putting it into perspective, that is 1 per every 3300 square miles in Norway and 1 per 44500 square miles in the United States.

Note that the first picture has at one end an entrance to a tunnel.  How cool is that?

June 1, 2015

The following pictures were taken on the first day in Norway, which is beautiful!  The pictures a in order as we drove from Oslo to Geilo, where we stayed the Dr. Holms Hotel.

Birch Trees

Countryside view

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 Countryside view

 

Country church

 

 Local store

Troll statue

 

White capped mountain (May)

 View from hotel

 Dr. Holms Hotels

 Front entry

Scale model