Mountains and Waterfalls

 

We took the ferry trip from Bergen to Flåm. All day we saw dramatic views of the Songnefjord, Norway's longest and deepest fjord.

Sonja Fjord dramatic view
 
town along the fjord

Imagine living in such a setting as this, surrounded by water and mountains. At least in the summer, it looks like a paradise.

The poet Mary Oliver once wrote that a good poem includes a waterfall. Every few hundred feet it seemed there was a waterfall cascading from the glaciers that have created the fjords. The entire land is a poem.

one of many waterfalls

Hear the Huldra's Song

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