As expected, the morning started with pancakes, bacon, maple syrup, eggs and watermelon.
After breakfast we walked down to the reception again and mentioned that we still have only 19 degrees in the room. The third girl in a row promised to fix things.
Yesterday we looked from our boat up to the Preachers Point, today’s plan included hiking there. Described as a simple hike, my expectations were high on a peaceful walk and enjoying nature and breathtaking views. Furthermore, the second half of August had arrived and the weather had cooled down a bit, so it was reasonable to assume that there are not many other tourists there.
We added the destination into Google Maps and found out that 2/3 of the road runs underground in tunnels :) First one, a 9km tunnel started right after we got out of the city limits and then immediately the second one, a 15km tunnel. Life’s like in a metropol’s subway.
We reached the starting point of the hike, and the first 300 meters of the four kilometers were exactly as I imagined - a comfortable walk. Paths full of blueberries and lingonberries. Only the promised views were not yet visible. After 300 lovely meters the trail turned into the forest and the next 200 meters were still completely enjoyable and I agreed that it was a relatively easy hike. Then we reached the rocks. To keep moving higher, we had to climb the wet mainly vertical rocks. When I secretly started to hope that after suffering for an hour we would slowly getting closer to the top, it turned out that wohooo, the first kilometer and a half had passed. And all of that 1.5 kilometers we kept moving in an endless row of tourists. My imagination didn’t reach to what this trail would look like during the peak season. You probably don't see the trail at all.
The trail was not physically hard, but extremely uncomfortable for walking. It was more like walking between Lego blocks in a dark room at night and every now and then climbing over furniture. The last 500 meters also were too close to the edge for my taste.
And there it was - view of the remaining 468 tourists. And of the Lysefjord. We stood in line to take cliff edge photos, enjoyed some more views, and started moving back down. Anyone who claims that getting down goes faster has probably never hiked 4km down on large and slippery rocks.
We went through the underground road again and returned to the hotel to get changed. When we opened the room, we were struck by a decent Sahara - in the meantime, someone had brought a radiator into our room and turned it on at the maximum temperature. Apparently they did not manage to get their central temperature control to work.
Recently, a long list of the best burger places in Europe was published, and this list also exceeded the news threshold in Estonia, as the fourth place was held by VNLD burger. But there was also a burger joint in Stavanger on the list, which was very conveniently located just a few minutes from our hotel. Scott ordered a classic burger and me one with organic salmon. They were super delicious.
Later in the evening we drove to the local beach to watch the sunset.
After breakfast we walked down to the reception again and mentioned that we still have only 19 degrees in the room. The third girl in a row promised to fix things.
Yesterday we looked from our boat up to the Preachers Point, today’s plan included hiking there. Described as a simple hike, my expectations were high on a peaceful walk and enjoying nature and breathtaking views. Furthermore, the second half of August had arrived and the weather had cooled down a bit, so it was reasonable to assume that there are not many other tourists there.
We added the destination into Google Maps and found out that 2/3 of the road runs underground in tunnels :) First one, a 9km tunnel started right after we got out of the city limits and then immediately the second one, a 15km tunnel. Life’s like in a metropol’s subway.
We reached the starting point of the hike, and the first 300 meters of the four kilometers were exactly as I imagined - a comfortable walk. Paths full of blueberries and lingonberries. Only the promised views were not yet visible. After 300 lovely meters the trail turned into the forest and the next 200 meters were still completely enjoyable and I agreed that it was a relatively easy hike. Then we reached the rocks. To keep moving higher, we had to climb the wet mainly vertical rocks. When I secretly started to hope that after suffering for an hour we would slowly getting closer to the top, it turned out that wohooo, the first kilometer and a half had passed. And all of that 1.5 kilometers we kept moving in an endless row of tourists. My imagination didn’t reach to what this trail would look like during the peak season. You probably don't see the trail at all.
The trail was not physically hard, but extremely uncomfortable for walking. It was more like walking between Lego blocks in a dark room at night and every now and then climbing over furniture. The last 500 meters also were too close to the edge for my taste.
And there it was - view of the remaining 468 tourists. And of the Lysefjord. We stood in line to take cliff edge photos, enjoyed some more views, and started moving back down. Anyone who claims that getting down goes faster has probably never hiked 4km down on large and slippery rocks.
We went through the underground road again and returned to the hotel to get changed. When we opened the room, we were struck by a decent Sahara - in the meantime, someone had brought a radiator into our room and turned it on at the maximum temperature. Apparently they did not manage to get their central temperature control to work.
Recently, a long list of the best burger places in Europe was published, and this list also exceeded the news threshold in Estonia, as the fourth place was held by VNLD burger. But there was also a burger joint in Stavanger on the list, which was very conveniently located just a few minutes from our hotel. Scott ordered a classic burger and me one with organic salmon. They were super delicious.
Later in the evening we drove to the local beach to watch the sunset.
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