Trollstigen to Geirangerfjord

On Tuesday morning, we woke up early (still jet lagged) and drove down the other side of Trollstigen to Geirangerfjord.

But we didn't make it down to Geiranger before the cruise ship came into port and 10,000 people overwhelmed the tiny town.  

We did get on a ferry from Geiranger to Hellesylt, and we saw the fjord from a ferry boat.

Trollstigen

Mind you, we are still talking on Monday - it is daylight here the entire time and it only gets slightly darker around midnight to 3-4 am.  So, at 8:00 pm, we decided that we could drive up Trollstigen - the troll road that switchbacks up the mountain.  Here is a view at the bottom of the road.

And here is a view from near the top.

The clouds then rolled in again at the top and spent the night in the car at the top of Trollstigen.

Hike above Andalsnes

At Andalsnes, we had lunch and made the decision to hike the Romsdalseggen trail up to the Rampestreken, which is 580 m above sea level.  While it wasn't raining, we did not reach the overlook before the clouds rolled in.  So we couldn't see anything.

But, then on the way down, this was our view...

And, then we started on our way to Trollstigen - the troll road.