Flåm

I stayed in the Fretheim Hotel in Flåm for one night, letting the other train riders continue on the trip up the narrow fjord. October can be very nice and quiet.

Well….sitting in the large dining room and having a pleasant dinner, I happened to look back at the front of the lodge. It looked very comfortable and I was relaxed.

I noticed that there was a pretty little fire I could see through one of the front windows. Suddenly, it occured to me that there was no fireplace through that window! I tried to tell the waitress there was a fire, but didn’t know the Norwegian word. So, I jumped up and ran to where the fire was.

Apparently a nice, long, tall taper candle had fallen over on a tables in the lobby and started the tablecloth on fire. Fortunately, I and another guy in the lobby had noticed it and together we were able to smother the flames in the rest of the tablecloth.

I went back to dinnner.

I didn’t sleep too well that night.

I’m glad the lodge is still there.

Walk to Myrdal and back like my girlfriend and I did, in one day! 42km trip, damn we were buggered. But it was just awesome, got heaps better photos than from the train (which we took the day after).

Beautiful, if amateurish, hotel, and amazing scenery. We took the ferry from Bergen, and then the train to Myrdal. It was fabulous and I want to do it again.