Norway trip

[KEVIN2008]

A batch of pics of a recent visit to friends in Kristiansund, Norway. One of the most beautiful countries in the world and certainly one of the most expensive.

Flight Dublin to Oslo with SAS, hired a car, and 8 hour drive to Kristainsund on the extreme west coast.
Breathtaking scenery and would have liked to take more pics but E6 etc for the whole journey was a two lane undivided road with no hard shoulder, so no where safe to pull over.










Booked online ...3 nights $450 including breakfast.



....our hired car, VW Polo,auto






















The city of Kristiansund on the west coast of Norway has a population (2013) of 18,002.








Note the snow marker...


















Kristiansund Airport....waiting to board for Oslo.

[Luigi]

Lovely. Thanks Kev.

My aircon feels crisper all ready.

How was the food there?

[aging one]

beautiful thanks.

[KEVIN2008]

Lovely. Thanks Kev.

My aircon feels crisper all ready.

How was the food there?

Food was good ....in Kristainsund...2 Chineese restaurants, one Thai restaurant and a Thai massage and would you believe an Irish bar. Town tends to cater for Oil rig crews.

[katie23]

Thanks for the pics. Place looked very clean & peaceful.

[Auroria]

Food was good ....2 Chineese restaurants, one Thai restaurant and a Thai massage and would you believe an Irish bar.

Good to experience and get to know the local culture when on holiday.

[david44]

It;s a lovely reminder of a beautiful land, save for the price of grog, that lovely Thai lass needs warming

[KEVIN2008]

Norway is notoriously expensive for "grog"

Beer (pint)average £10-11.

bottle of wine £29 ( cheapest off sales).

[Gazza]

that lovely Thai lass needs warming

And she's desperately in need of a shadow. Looks like a photoshoppy jobby.

In 1990 I hired a car and just drove around Sweden and into Norway for a week.
Great scenery and like Kev says there's never any hard shoulders or lay-bys to pull up to enjoy the view. When there is a lay-by it's guaranteed the view is obstructed by trees.

I even got to chase a moose through a hilly forest one time. A dangerous thing to do as later I discovered it was moose-hunting season. The country-side often made me think of Canada.