It takes a VERY long time to get to and through Norway. Just sayin’. But oh it IS worth it.

Transportation

Traveling seems to be the name of the game here. So far we have taken a plane, three trains, a taxi, a bus, and walked! Tomorrow we take a train and a bus and a ferry and soon we will take a dog sled and a snowmobile! This trip is a study in transportation for sure.

Getting Around

Bonus for American travelers—everyone speaks English. Interestingly, Wyatt and I have enough German and Andy and Owen have enough Latin that we can figure out most signs. And there is always Google translate to help us out in a pinch.

This whole country runs on wifi and credit/debit cards. Maybe that makes getting around seem easier. All your tickets are on your phone. All restaurants and kiosks are tap your card and go. Andy hit the ATM just in case, but I bet we never need the cash.

Andy and I were just talking about how much easier traveling is here. I asked him if he thought it was because we have done it enough now? We agreed between our experiences, and the boys being older (and their own experiences traveling independently), and arriving early, traveling has become much easier for us. But it is early! Murphy will likely rear his ugly head sooner or later, he always does.

We spent last night in Oslo (so lovely, so calm, and so CLEAN).

Today we go to Flam via train.

Flam

Flam is breath-taking. Beautiful. This tiny village in the middle of nowhere is accessible by an amazing railway engineered in the 1940s—1 meter every 3 days. We went through something like 20 tunnels to get here! Did I mention our perfect weather day? Murphy is coming for us for sure now.

We found the loveliest spot, Flam Marina Restaurant.

Tomorrow we go to Bergen on a ferryboat via the fjord to Voss and then a bus to another train….

Love Y’all,

Marla