Norway: Family and roots
Visiting my family in Norway on both sides. Exploring some places on the west coast where my father’s family came from.
Finland & Norway #6 – Båtsfjord
Day 12 (30 May): We drove to Båtsfjord with stops for birding on the way. The road took us along Tana river and we stopped at Tanamunningen before driving over the mountains to Båtsfjord. Just before we started the descent, Ruth spotted a Snowy Owl, a first for her and for most of the rest of us too. Day 13 (31 May): We drove over the mountains again hoping for another glimpse of the Snowy Owl. We did eventually find…
Finland & Norway #5 – Vadsø
We had been told that there may be some Doterel up the mountain just past Utsjoki so we decided to go and see before crossing the border into Norway. We were lucky and saw four of them in a little group. Lunch was at a big supermarket and I tried some liquorice ice cream. It’s surprisingly nice. It was time to cross the border: for me, home at last. We stopped at Varangerfjorden near Nessby and had a walk before…
Norway, August 2016
Visiting Bo with Naima and the boys My grandsons are always asking to go back to Norway. This time it was just my daughter Naima and her two boys, Max and Luke. Naima’s husband Les joined us for the week-end at the end of our visit. We hired a car at the airport and stayed with my cousin Bo and her husband Torolf in Gjøvik. The markers on the map shows the areas we visited. Gjøvik We walked over…
Norway, August 2010
Summer holiday in Norway with the boys We had great fun during our visit and I took rather a large number of photos. Here is a selection split into 3 lots. Around our cabin and a trip to Norefjell. Hardanger vidda Day trip to Langedraget