Germany Again !

The little town of Gladbeck hosted us for our final night and I couldn't wait to get there because we knew the Airbnb had a washing machine, a great shower and a free breakfast ! It all lived up to my expectations and an added bonus was finding Ritter Sport chocolate reduced at the local Lidl to 69 euro cents which is much less than you can get it for in this country. We took a chance and bought 10 bars hoping that they wouldn't melt on the way home, it was 32C at eight o clock in the evening !

Denmark Again

This time we went looking for something to spend our spare change on and discovered that all the price labels in the Danish supermarket were digital, so the prices are easy to change and it shows you what the discount would be if you have a discount card! We just bought some lingonberry jam and then spent shop 5dk on the toilet, since the jam cost 20do it gives you some idea how expensive the toilet was!Travelling in Scandinavia has given me a  as appreciation for the great motorway service station !

Sweden 2

we had a bit more time in Sweden this time and stopped at an old site with 4 farms from the 17th century, they were trying to restore the fields to how they. Would have been then, which was tiny. !

We also had a lovely time in the beech woods, just like home but steeper!We admired all the goodies for FIKA, which is a snack in Swedish and this seemed to be the most popular part of the day as far as the Swedish fami?he's around us were concerned, I even got a   with a recipe for sugar cookies which I'll have to try at home.The day finished with a crossing over The Bridge into Denmark and I define it impressive this time round!

Norway 7

So our last day in Norway and we have driven all the way from Bergen in the West to Halde n in the south. We have been through lots of tunnels and lots of tolls but I won,'t know how much it all cost until I get the bill through the post, as it is all automatic number plate recognition now.

I do know that IWent to the most expensive toi!st so far this trip in Eidfjord, it cost 10NK, which is about £1! Yikes, but it did use up the last of the loose change.

Norway 6.

So we made it on to the Flam railway !It was a bit touch and go as getting there took longer than planned thanks to lots of traffic and narrow roads, but we managed with a few moments to spare!

It was well worth it, especially the waterfall at the end, there is some silly music and woman in red who appears beside the waterfall, which I thought was a bit funny. I think she was supposed to be a spirit trying to lure you into the mountains, but the loud taped music did not add anything to the splendour of nature, fortunately on the way back she wasn't there !
MasterShoestring enjoyed it and taking some pictures on the way back, he made us stop the car so he could take a picture of the colours on the fjord at quarter to midnight when it was still light !

Norway 5

Finally saw some sheep today as one blocked the road,I had been wondering where the wool for all those Norwegian sweaters came from!We also saw 2 beautiful waterfalls and spent nomoney!

However, tomorrow we want to go on the famous Flam railway, when I went to look at train times I discovered that almost all the trains are fully booked for the rest of the week,eek!This was one thing MasterShoestring really wanted to do and he's missed out on just about everything else!The final train tomorrow had spaces so I quickly booked 3 tickets and got a discount for booking on!ine, so that was great. Since the evenings are light until late going up at after 6pm won't worry us and the cost is !arge, so I was glad of the unexpected discount!

Norway 4

So it rained and rained yesterday,  we went for a quick walk in between showers and then after supper when it was only drizzling set off to find a stave church. On the way out the landlady for the Airbnb invited us to see the proofs for her new book about the Lyse Cistercian Abbey in the area. It was all very interesting and so we went to see both in the 'white night'
. Poor MasterShoestring is eating again but not much, only some pancakes and some soup. Still we are hoping he'll feel like a trip on a fjord tomorrow as the weather is supposed to brighten up. On a good note, the only spending was on more drinks for MasterShoestring.