Thursday began with delicious buffet breakfast before a tunnel ridden drive to Geiranger. We could have gotten the ferry from Hellrsylt but we still felt we'd done enough ferries so instead we opted for a scenic drive.
Once in Geiranger, we set of on a hike to Strorssefossen waterfall. In typical Norwegian hike style this was an out-and-back hike where the out was another gut busting climb. The crescendo of thunderous water falling led us to our target though, and an incredible amount of water was gushing over the rock. The best bit about this hike was that the path led us to a damp but safe cave behind the waterfall, so you could watch the waterfall gushing down in front of you.
Back out on top, the sun was out and we sacked briefly before heading (via Eric to ditch our jumpers - a first!) to hike to another viewpoint. The path started off as an actually easy tractor track with some cute llamas (or alpacas, I really need to learn the difference!) , but we knew this was too good to be true, and before long it started a series of chicanes down the side of the fjord. Not wanting to lose the valuable height we'd gained, we instead opted to a path to "Losta", whatever that might be. We didn't quite get to "Losta", but we got some fabulous views over the Geirangerfjord.
Next on the view trail was Dalsnibba. A 110k toll road took us on a hairpin drive up super-high, the highest road in the vicinity apparently! At the top they appeared to be doing some construction, but that didn't ruin the panoramic views around Geiranger, and neither did the biting cold!
Feeling lucky to have caught Dalsnibba on a clear day, we descended back to the road and headed on towards Lom, gateway to the Jotunheimen National Park. This poor town had a very critical write-up in the guidebook, but we thought it's stave church had a lot of character, and enjoyed wondering the Bygdamuseum - a collection of old light buildings in a forest setting. Saying that, I am certain that the highlight of Lom for Peter was when we lucked upon the bakery three minutes before closing and ordered a custard tart and cinnamon roll. Having paid (£5) and left, we looked into the paper bag and discovered they'd doubled our order and added a couple of gigantic tea cakes for free! And that was pudding sorted for the rest of the trip...
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