Direktlänk till inlägg 19 augusti 2022
It's Friday evening and we're parked for the night surrounded by tall mountains and of course, it's raining
The further west we go the more dramatic nature and today we have driven through at least 50 tunnels, I'm not kidding I lost count at 18 (I know Mom lost count at 5) many of them were only 500 meters and the longest today was 4.5 km (almost 3 miles)
I think Mom is getting more comfortable with them now, and the ones that are lit up and have good exhaust aren't that bad
it's the dark ones that are spooky. Only Lucy knows if we're going down or uphill.
Anyway, the campsite in Voss was great with all amenities we needed and as usual, when it's laundry day it's also Lucy cleaning day and guess what............My grooming day ..............
Voss is a small town population 15 000
After the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, Voss was the main point of mobilization for the Norweigan army in the west, since the city of Bergen had already fallen on 9 April. From Bergen and the Hardangerfjord, the Nazis met stiff Norwegian resistance. In Hardanger, some of the Germans climbed up the mountains from Aalvik the rest went through Granvin To break down this resistance, the Luftwaffe bombed Voss on 23 and 24 April, and the surrounding countryside on 25 April. Nine people lost their lives in the bombing, which completely destroyed the old wood-built town center. On 26 April, German forces entered Voss, which remained occupied until 8 May 1945.
Mom always makes me pose for the camera on grooming day
The campsite was close to town and had a lot of very nice trails to take long walks.
Mom made me stay and watch Lucy while she went food shopping, It took forever I thought and Mom's excuse is it's so many interesting things to look at and because knowing her she has to look at EVERYTHING in the store
I find a few interesting things myself walking around town.
An ugly old guy
and a stonefaced lady in Norweigan costume
We left Voss early in the morning heading to Bergen which is Norway's second-largest city population 286 000
The drive was through a gorgeous landscape, so Mom stopped very often to take pictures and take it all in, and yes, of course, pee breaks for me.
Bergen is famous for bad weather and constant rain and the average annual amount of rainy days is 193 and we came on one of those days so I got a chance to wear my fancy raincoat (only the second time )
The rain stopped at noon and it became sunny for a little while so we were this happy about that
We did a lot of walking on steep hills .............reminded Mom of San Fransisco
By two o clock, we had enough of Bergen and hit the road heading North driving along the Atlantic coast with more tunnels and mountains.
I will tell you more about Bergen tomorrow, Mom want's to save the PCbattery because Lucy's solar panel is not charging so well in this rain.
We're both good staying dry
Henry
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