My travels - Norway on Bike 1997 - 10.day

12.August 1997

We are in Flam. We wake up early at morning. It is necessary to catch train to Myrdal. From there it is possible to return on bike or by foot. At last only Gabika, Olga and Peter choose bike. Peter also wants to go on bike to Myrdal. We others prefer going back by foot. In near train station we buy our train tickets. We have also bikes for Gabika and Olga. When we are near of train, a local trainman without words take Olga's bike. Olga is surprised but we understand soon, that he is is responsible for giving bikes to special train wagon. Soon he takes also bike from Gabika and we go into train. There is clean everywhere. In short time train leaves Flam. We are going up, and from window is a beautiful view. On halfway between 2 tunnels train stops. Doors are opening, and voice from speaker invite us outside, to make some photos. And there is really beautiful waterfall. We are a side of falling water and fog from it is around us. After making some photos we continue.

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We are in Myrdal in short time. Train continues to Bergen but we finish here. We bought some baked specialties in local buffet and we ate them together with coffee. Peter arrived, when we finished. We split on bikers and tourists, and we go back to Flam. First tourists, then bikers, but bikers outrun us in a short time. Gabika was concentrated on her way, and after Jaro's attempt to stop her, she scored him. There is a lot of stones on way, and they must be very careful to avoid them. After some speaking, we make photo of all us, and we split second time. Way down is really nice and there is lot of excellent views. Before one bridge we must go through a special gate. It is not so easy, because there is a lot of goats and sheep. They don't want free their places near a gate. We must move them with gate doors and slowly we cross that place. We see a lot of waterfalls. I am together with Jaro a little bit before Lucia and Hela. Before us is German mam with 2 daughters and they are singing. They are really good singers and we approach to them, to hear them better. In short time Lucia and Hela join to us. We must explain them, that we follow German women because of their beautiful voices and not because of their beauty. They don't believe us. Jaro start to recite speech from well known Slovak poem "Marina" from "Andrej Sladkovic" and they forgive us. Hela and Lucia together with me were surprised. We don't know that Jaro is a such good presenter. In Flam we make photo of beautiful wooden church. Nothing excessive, only small church with simple ornaments and excellent feeling. Camping we reach on late afternoon. Bikers were waiting us. We packed all tents and continue through "Gold Way". It is really good mood in car we together sing songs from tape recorder. It won hit from Slovak singers with name "We all meet in KGB and in one bed". Today we have problem to find place for sleeping. At last we stay on rest place near of route. Dinner is also not very good, Peter gave in it a lot of salt. But he retrieves it with special bonus, oatmeal. We are sitting on bench, speaking about everything and watching meteoric shower. Our tents are built on stony pathway, near of rest place. We go to sleep in our standard time, long time after midnight.

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