Photo Friday: Best Walk Ever (Flåm and Lunden, Norway)

July 11, 2014August 14, 2014 / Lon Hetrick / 4 Comments

Good Friday to you!

Here’s the next in our series of photo galleries from our trip to Norway in May. These photos capture my favorite moment of our trip, an early morning 5 kilometer walk—just Dawn and me—through the villages of Flåm and Lunden at the head of the Sognefjord.

Some of my favorite photos are here, too. Enjoy!

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Field and Farm

Field, Farmhouse, and Mountain in Lunden, Norway

Close up of the farmhouse

Sheep under the mountain

Village on the Hill

water streaming down from a mountain in Lunden, Norway

Mountains falls

Flåmskul (Flam School) looking South

Flåmskul (Flam School) looking North

Wild Violas in Lunden

Wildflowers

Snow melt running through wildflowers

Flåmkirke, ca. 1677. Still in use.

Interior of the Flåm Church, 1677, still in use, now in Lunden, Norway.

Flåmkirke interior

Dawn ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ Norway!

A cottage in Lunden

Side garden softened like a painting

Photo Friday: Oslo to Myrdal to Flåm

July 4, 2014August 14, 2014 / Lon Hetrick / 1 Comment

It’s Photo Friday Fourth of July!

May your Independence Day weekend be full of fun, food, fireworks, friends, and family.

Here’s a photo gallery from the first half of our Norway in a Nutshell tour in May, 2014. We left Oslo by train, changed trains at Myrdal Station, and arrived several hours later in the village of Flåm, at the head of the Sognefjord.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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Viking Pride Lives On ;)

Looking West at Myrdal Station

Heidi at Myrdal Station

Ready to board the Flåmsbana Train

Mountain lake seen from the Flåmsbana train

Kjosfossen Waterfall has a 305 foot fall

The Village of Lunden seen from the Flåmsbana train

Waterfall seen from the Flåmsbana train

Valley village seen from the Flåmsbana train

Flåm Station

The Flåm Hostel where we stayed for 1 night

Lon in front of the Flåm Hostel

Lon, Haley, and Heidi in Flåm

Apple Blossoms at the Flåm Hostel

Firewood and flowers

Mountain Mist in Flåm

The view from the Flåm Hostel

Photo Friday: A Cottage in Norway

May 16, 2014May 15, 2014 / Lon Hetrick

Hello everyone! Dawn and I are back home from our travels in Norway, Dawn’s faderland.

I took over 1000 photos, which means, after culling and editing, I’ll probably have ~30-40 worth sharing over the next few weeks.

[A Cottage in Norway, Lunden, Norway. Nikon D40. May 10, 2014.]

Map of Lunden, Norway This shot of a small cottage will definitely be a favorite. Dawn and I found it while taking an early morning 6km walk in the village of Lunden near the tip of the Aurlandsfjord. Click for a full-sized view to see the colors better.