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May 2009

Monday, May 18, Paris-Bergen:

The departure day arrived, but arrived looks tough, starting with the stopover in Copenhagen, the airline announced one hour late, and after boarding the plane, change of plans and technical problems it changes planes ... Upon arrival, 2:30 behind!
Bergen, who arrived in the rain when I joined William, and William Scots arrived a few days earlier.
During their journey, the plane, they found a homestay in downtown Bergen ...
Mikkel Eldbjorg and hold a music school for children. The welcome was very warm and we ate with them at every meal. My 3 buddies have even participated in the previous National Day parade playing with Mikkel. We can not thank them enough ...

Tuesday, 19 Bergen-Aurelandsda:

First train to Flåm at an exorbitant price! But wonderful journey with a change of train at Myrdal at 1000m altitude. From here we take a tourist train that goes down to us Flåm 20 km downstream, in just 2 HOURS! In the train, we met a French couple of Fontainebleau, which runs through Norway, South-North in two weeks, I hope they have succeeded ...
At the Office of Flåm, we meet Fanny, still a French woman, who works in Norway for the summer, and we have really helped for our future journey ...
Vassbygdi then a bus to where we begin our ascent into the valley Aurlandsdalen. Hence, our first steps with our backpacks, loaded with 20 kilograms on average, we will have 1:30 to do the 4km and 450 vertical meters which separate us from our first camp, Almen, an old barn where we keep a few sheep company for the night ...

Wednesday 20, Aurelandsdalen:

Till the sun for our first wake up, get used to it, the nights are short and it's night between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning only.
The continuous rise in the valley to Nesbo, 400 vertical meters of 8km. We ask our tents beside the river where we loupons little momentum going a few steps from the camps in order traces. We attack our first bath at 8 ° and wash our clothes that will not dry during the night at -1 °!

Thursday 21, Aurelandsdalen-Sogndal:

After a night to 6 in the tent, Viki, a nice Norwegian invites us to carry us across the lake by boat, while another descends gracefully until we Aureland, 30 miles away. Then again, we propose a driver to take us to Flåm, to take wherever Leikanger, 1 hour by boat, where we will meet a group of seals.
From there, hitchhiking fast enough to follow our guide to Sogndal where we will sleep in a tipi overlooking the Sognefjord.

Friday 22, Sogndal-Bøyabreen:

Depart early morning bus for 40km to the north, the destination language Bøyabreen arm Jostedalsbreen glacier (the largest in Europe).
Having come as loan from the glacier, we set up camp a few hundred meters, to enjoy a spectacular view of the glacier and the valley. Just beside a stream from the glacier allows us to wash in water at 6 °, refreshing! A little higher above the tents, a large rock we will observe a momentum and a troupeu doe during the evening and the rumblings of the glacier along with snow slide.

Saturday 23, Bøyabreen-Gol:

1:30 Departure to walk along the main road to reach a bus stop further south. After 4 hours of bus and ferry crossing of Sognford, we arrive at Gol.
Back to civilization (recall that in Norway, the sale of alcohol is banned in supermarkets after 18h, use caution!) We take the opportunity to overnight at the hotel, wash our clothes, and celebrate the anniversary of William ...

Sunday 24, Gol-Lake Veikultjerni:

After a drunken night, the start was hard this morning. After a multitude of record elk and 15 km walk along the road, laces, bog, arrived at Lake Veikultjerni 750 meters. The camp is hard to install in view of the ground, but the lake is worth the candle at sunset, that said, the observation will not work this evening ...

Monday 25, Lake-Veikultjerni Liodden:

After 16km walk, here we descended into the valley. A shot of hitchhiking, and here we are Nesbyen, where unfortunately, we part of William. Distributed to 3, we find a few kilometers further south, camping with hytte self-service and trampoline, which proved to be a good idea given the rainfall in the night.

Tuesday 26, Liodden-Dypilien:

Rough day for the first day without William, had he felt the wind!?! After 800 meters high and about 7 km in the rain, we decided to install prematurely tents beside a lake at 1000 meters. The rain did not stop the wind and amplified, at 20 o'clock we were in sleeping bags.

Wednesday 27, Dypilien-Norsund:

Very short night, it was 3:30, and after a unanimous decision, we broke camp. The rain stopped but the wind is blowing at 35 knots. they sheltered in a beautiful cottage in solid wood construction to take my breakfast, and you attack the trail with pretty snowflake early career ... After 18km walk and a long descent, we are again in the valley. After a swift blow to hitchhike to Flåm, where we see the absence of life, we head south in a truck stop in a lovely semi-trailer, which deposited us in Noresund . After this long day, we find a great hytte for the night overlooking the lake and walk in ...

Thursday 28, Norsund-Jevnaker:

First fat-mat 'holiday in a good bed! Then, after an early galley of roadside, a nice man takes us right to Hønefoss, followed by a bus stop that takes us to Jevnaker. From here we embark on the path of the next day to plant the tents in the woods.

Friday 29, Jevnaker-Harestua:

Great day of walking in the Nordmarka under a blazing sun, civilization is already closer, you will meet a lot of vtt'iste that day. After 22km walk, several lakes, several breaks, we get lost in the bog before arrival at Harestua, the compass will save us right to the east! After the warm encounter a couple of Eritrea, we settle out of strength in a camp of lumberjacks invaded by mosquitoes.

Saturday 30, Harestua-Oslo:

Thanks in advance for the day, and worn by the weight of our pack struggling to become lighter, we flemmardons last 30 miles that separate us from the airport. Attacked by 28 °, it focuses on a lunch break - shower in a river, which, against hope, we will soften and crack in the first open road to hitchhike to the Airport!
2 days in advance on the plane, we head to Oslo ... by train, or we find ourselves for the night, a fouravec seen on Oslo as a hotel room ...

Sunday 31, Oslo:

Sunday and last day, a stroll in sunny Oslo without a backpack and tap!
Last night for Youth Hostel Ankers, where a couple of roommates suffer hints of hiking socks!

Monday 1, Oslo-Paris:

Last scope, direction and you leave the airport in Oslo, still under bright sunshine with a clear view on the paths of our days. Arriving in Paris, under the same sun a little blackened by pollution, but when Karen came to pick us ...!!