I hope we can afjord these ferries

Eidfjord to Balestrand

We woke up to a second cruise ship visible through our window. We could see the small boats ferrying the passengers to waiting buses to explore the area. 

We had 11.30am tickets for the Flåm Railway, a train that goes from Flåm, up the mountain to Myrdal and then returns. It is known as one of the most beautiful railway journeys of Europe, often taken as a side trip by people travelling between Oslo and Bergen.

It was drizzling with rain when we arrived and we were pleasantly surprised to find that the train wasn’t busy at all, which meant we could easily choose where to sit and move from side to side to see the views as needed. It was a 2 hour return trip and by the time we got back to our car the rain had really set in as we headed off to Balestrand where we were to stay that evening.

We are now getting used to the road petering out in front of us and our gps saying “take the ferry”, sure no worries we know that we will line up for 5-10 minutes and be efficiently delivered to the other side of the fjord whilst enjoying a break from driving. We have no idea how much these frequent trips are costing, the car hire just said they'll take it out of our deposit. 

Balestrand is a pretty town right on the water. It also has an interesting church that was used as the basis for a church in the movie "Frozen", not that we've ever seen the movie or recognised the church. 

Our room at Balestrand had a "sea view", meaning our outlook was directly over the fjord and you could easily think you were staying in a cabin on a ship.