Flaam, Norway

God really did an amazing job creating the country of Norway! We had a 7 hr excursion today that covered just about 20 or 30 miles of some of the most beautiful scenery we've scene. I can't decide which port is my favorite, Geiranger or Flaam. We left on a bus this morning towards Voss and made a couple of photo stops to take pictures of these beautiful mountains and waterfalls. We also stopped for coffee and pastry at a hotel along the way. When we left the hotel, we travelled down some of the most curvy, tight hairpin turns on a road to get off the mountain top. But we were being mesmerized by the waterfalls at each turn that we didn't have time to worry about the overhangs. When we got to Voss, we had lunch at another hotel. It was a typical Norweigan lunch buffet with lots of fish, chicken and meat. Following lunch we had an opportunity to walk around the town for a little bit until it started raining - and I mean a lot. We had managed to make it to the railway station before the rain started. We boarded a train to Myrdal, about half way down the mountain. We were able to take a little snooze before we had to transfer to the Flaamsbana train that would take us back to Flaam. Now this was a scenic ride! Part way down we had a photo stop at probably the biggest waterfall we've seen yet. It was a 5 minute stop (really you couldn't take much more than that b/c we were so close to the falls we were getting very wet. While there, music started playing and fairy maidens would appear on the rocks in the waterfall to dance. It was a neat site. One of the pictures Larry took, when you zoom it in you can tell it's a guy dressed up in a girls costume. We got back to the ship at 4pm and we are exhausted. We're having our coke and cookie break before we get ready for dinner at 6. Tomorrow is our last port of call - Bergen. Then we will head for South Hampton.