Naddvik - Årdal - Årdalstangen - Øvre Årdal - Lærdal - Sogn og Fjordane

The last days, I have been guest in the house of a german friend in the Årdal kommune/Sogn og Fjordane. I had time to relax and to celebrate my birthday here. I met some lovley, yes lovley, people here - Norwegians as well as a german couple and their kids and an Englishman living in the area. People showed me the area and took me to interesting places with their cars. I even have been allowed to move around with my hosts car, which I think is very generous and I have been invited to barbecues and meals all the time which I am very thankful for, I have to say again and again.

Naddvik is a small place in Årdal, where I stayed.

Lærdal is near to Naddvik on the south side of the Sognefjorden. William, an Englishman I met via Facebook, took me around with his car and showed me interestings places here, some old german "Bunker" from WWII and the place where a river ripped of the street last year, near the House of a relative on whose farm the Bunker are situated.

William knows seemingly erverything about the area here and he told me about a big fire which destroyed many historical wodden buildings in Lærdal last year - among them the house of the norwegian  WWII Hero Max Manus. Today there is nearly no trace left of the fire, the last houses are being rebuild right now.

Øvre (Upper) Årdal on a Saturday in the sun.

In the mountains at Årdalstangen

It has been a wonderful week and now I am looking forward to cross the Jotunheimen National Park! I visited the entrance some days ago - It is going to be big fun, I am sure!

See you soon!