Ah, what a way to start a day by listening to the raindrops falling on the tent! Luckily, the waterfall next to the camp ground was so loud, I didn't notice it until I had my head out of the tent and got a fresh shower. So we started the day with full rain gear, but it look as if Thor, the god of thunder and the local trolls are happy with us, because it soon stopped raining and it got actually a very pleasant day.
The scenery is just spectacular, there are snow covered mountains (although only 3000 feet high), wild rivers, waterfalls where ever you look ,and the ever changing light makes the landscape look so great, we almost forget to look where we are driving. Ooops, there was a sheep!
The sheep are everywhere in the mountains, and as they have about the same colour as the rocks, we often see them laying next to the road just when we pass them. Luckily, so far they are quite cool and don't run on the road.
And we found our first gravel roads. First one was in a road construction site. Although we had green lights, we had to evade some traffic and got into deep, soft gravel. That was a rather interesting experience :)
In the evening, on our way to the famous Geirangerfjord, we came across two gravel roads. The first one started quite surprisingly. One moment we were happily cruising along with 80 km/h, the next moment we were in a big cloud of dust. Once the dust settled, we were able to see the landscape, and if you ever go to Norway, I would recommend to go there.
The second one was a toll road. We paid about 50 Kronen each (about 10 swissis). And the road goes up to a lookout point where you have a great view on the Geirangerfjord. Unless you get into fog and see only about... 10 feet.
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