After two nights in Bergen, we took a short bus ride to Gudvangen, a village at the end of one of Norway’s many fjords. Some pix along that route…

We stayed in cabins at a campground just outside of town, very much glamping what with all the amenities (note our cabin). Upon arriving, we walked into town, then Marichka, Steve, & I hiked almost 10K roundtrip to the tiny hamlet of Bakka set along the fjord we would boat through the next day…

The next day we – and it was only our little group of six – boarded the “Lady Elisabeth” (named in honor of one of my only followers and an HGM Mom of merit?!) and glided up the Naeroyfjord to the well-appointed tourist town of Flam. A mild & majestic morning…

Here are some short clips…

Along the way, our lovely leader Marichka presented ML & I (and our group) with a cake in honor of our 25th wedding anniversary – and the reason we are on this trip! A wonderful gesture on what used to be Independence Day (the 4th of July), but for us a quarter century of “Codependence” Days. As I also often say, “We’ve been puttin’ the fun in dysfunctional since 1999.”

The rest of this batch has more of the Naeroyfjord, and some useful maps. Arriving in Flam, our ship was dwarfed by a cruise ships, the passengers of which only cramped our style a little…

More clips, and note that Marichka not only had a cake, but provided a little soundtrack as well. What a sweetie! And a slo-mo from the bow…

In Flam (pronounced floam), we first took a hike to waterfall vista, meeting some hungry critters along the way. Note the map, flowers, and sheep’s wool used as a ground cover…

In Flam, there is a small railroad museum, and yes, the last pic is not of that…

The railroad is a thing, and we had booked a ride up to Myrdal – “one of the most picturesque (and steepest) railway journeys in the country.” These pix are of that route – which stops briefly for the passengers to disembark to enjoy a huge waterfall, accompanied by a mystical Norse dance performance (can you find the woman in red?). Lots of flowers this time of year…

Two clips: train riding and the waterfall & siren (Norse nymph?) train stop…

Others jumped into the icy cold fjord this morning whilst I worked on this post. Too frigid for me. Thought about continuing it into tomorrow, but that’ll be in Part 6: Lillehammer…