Monday 11th September- Flam and cruising Sognefjord

Umbrellas to fore

It was a bit colder this morning and there was rain around and there were lots of people going on organised tours. One of the main tours and the major reason people visit here is the famous ‘Flam Railway’ which travels through some of the most beautiful parts of Norway. We had been on this trip some years ago when we did a self drive holiday in Jennifer's MGF  open top sports car and fabulous weather and so we decided not to do it again.
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The Famous Flam Railway

However we decided to have the day walking around the town and taking a few photos. Flam is quite a nice but small place and there is only about 400 residents and so often when a couple of cruise ships arrive they dwarf the local population several times over. The lake and the mountain here are quite stunning and although the weather was not good we were able to walk around for a while and find a free Wi-Fi signal where we could pick some emails and Noel for to download to hopefully regain some lost photos.
By mid afternoon we decided that Noel would go back to the ship for a sleep and then Jennifer would go for a walk around as she wanted the exercise.
So we both enjoyed the day and were ;looking forward to an early evening dinner with a couple of glasses of wine and watch the world go by as we left to cruise through Naeroyfjord in the early evening light from the observatory lounge.
The back to cabin to check out the latest news on the storms in the Caribbean and Florida. Boy these storms look really bad and wooden homes will never survive winds of the speed predicted.
Oh well that was a pleasant day.