Tuesday 27 March 2012

Bergen #5: Weekend on Hardangervidda

Tony came down to Bergen for a long weekend and brought some sunny weather with him. We took the train up to Finse for a 2-day ski trip to Geiterygghytte and back in beautiful spring weather. On the way back to Bergen we took the tourist route via the Flåm railway to Flåm followed by a boat trip through Nærøyfjorden to Gudvangen. A welcome break from the grey weather in Bergen and the counting of fission tracks.


Finse station


Route to Geiterygghytte


Route back to Finse


Interesting cloud formations and sun dog

The snow was very icy, unfortunately


View from Flåm

Brekkefossen in the Flåm valley

Flåm valley

Flåm church

Nærøyfjord


Nærøyfjord near Gudvangen

Sunday 18 March 2012

Bergen #4: Rain

Bergen has lived up to its reputation of being wet in the 2 weeks that I have now been working here. But this morning, the sky was blue and the sun was shining for a few hours, before the next hail showers came in, and I made a detour over Løvstakken on my way to the university.

View to the east, towards Ulriken

View to the northeast

On the top of Løvstakken

Student joke?