Geiranger, Norway

We arrived in beautiful Geiranger this morning at 7am. When we threw back the curtains we were stunned at the beauty all around us.

The geirangerfjord is one of the most spectacular sights I've ever seen. The fjord is 260 meters deep while surrounding mountains are 1600 to 1700 meters high. Yah, I didn't have a clue how high or deep that was either, so handy Google converted it for me.

1600 meters is 5249 feet. 1700 is 5577 feet. 260 meters deep is 853 feet deep.

The mountains that surrounds this fjord is covered in the most amazing waterfalls. Every time you turn around there's another waterfall.

We took a scenic view and fjord museum trip today. We stopped at two view points high in the mountains on different ends of this part of the fjord. The first they called Eagles Bent. The road to get up there was the most amazing switch back.

The view from the top looked back towards the village of Geiranger.  200 people live in Geirganger and they host 650,000 tourists a year. Most the town shuts down from Sept to May when no one can really get to Geiranger.

From this view point we headed to the Fjord center. They had a museum in it that showed how the early settlers lived and farmed this area. There's not much to farm here that's for sure. Most of the farms are deserted.

The Fjord Center

Following that we went up to our last view point, flydalsjuvet viewpoint. Don't even ask me how to pronounce it. Once we got to the top and hopped out of the bus...it started snowing. Not heavy or anything, but snow all the same. I looked at Janet and said, "I don't think we've ever had snow on one of our trips.".

Leaving Geiranger we sailed past one of the waterfalls I was hoping to see the Seven Sisters. It's 1370 ft tall, and is the 39th tallest waterfall in Norway. Let that sink in for a moment...it's the 39th...that means there are 38 that are taller and this one felt REALLY tall.

As I've been writing this I've been watching the majestic fjord pass by our window. We've just made it out of the fjord back to open sea and the boat is rocking a bit. WEEEEE...

Tomorrow we're in Bergen. We're doing a city tour and a stop at an Ice bar. Can't wait to see that.