Flåm

Yesterday, we went on a boat ride through Aurlandsfjord to Flåm.
Anne's aunt and uncle have a very nice boat and we all enjoyed the two hour ride.
On the way, we played games with Anne's cousins, Hanna and Kaia. They're so cute!


Anne's uncle pointed out houses in the mountains where people actually live. It seems crazy to me that someone would live that far away from civilization. The only way you can get to these places is by boat. In addition to the houses, we also mountain goats standing on cliffs. eating moss and grass. It was like something off of the discovery channel!
Once we made it to Flåm, we met up with Torgier, a friend of Anne's from school. He works at "FjordSafari"...apparently you can ride on a little boat through the Fjord and get an up close view of the wildlife and the waterfalls.

We had lunch in Flam and enjoyed walking around (even though it was freezing cold!), visiting the shops, and looking at the cruise ships.







Anne's mom and grandmother picked us up and we rode home through the mountains with them. On the way back to Sogndal, we went through the world's longest road tunnel-Laerdal Tunnel . It's 24.5 km long and it took us about twenty minutes to get through the whole thing! There are stops with big blue lights along the way so drivers will "wake up," according to Anne's mom.




Anne and I ended the day curled up on the couch with a good movie and good Norwegian chocolate.

We have another neat adventure today...can't wait to experience it then write about it for you!