Sunday 9th September

Our journey to the fjords began. We travelled from Oslo to Dombås on the Dovre railway which goes past typical Norwegian scenery of picturesque towns and forests and gently winds around, very close to the edges of lakes.

We changed trains at DombÃ¥s to reach Andalsnes on the Rauma railway. This really was a stunning journey. The train cuts though incredibly dramatic mountains on both sides which are black, almost vertical and capped with snow. If that wasn’t spectacular enough, there are waterfalls running down the mountains too. It was too difficult to get a good photo from the train so I’m borrowing someone else’s. You can see the train track running along the base of the Troll Wall; as passengers we were craning our necks to see to the top.

The final leg of the journey ending in Ã…lesund was by bus. The bus journey had fantastic views of fjords, valleys, mountains and dramatic unlined tunnels cut into the rock.
Ã…lesund is a very picturesesque little place surrounded by sea and little island with views of snow-capped mountains in the distance:

We had dinner at Sjøbua which was very good indeed.