Free week alias Jotunheinem and Bergen - 1st Part

To better understanding, try to lissen James during reading.. he know it :-)
Sometimes is not so bad make just a male trip. With girls it could be more fun, yeah.. it's more natural, but you're not able to do all the things you can in male group.. I mean adventure degree.
After 4 or 5 hours on the road also throw amazing mountains we drove into the Ardal - town steeply down in the valley. We found the parking, repack our backpacks, put the headlights on (except for Jiří who forgot it) and started our way to the first cabin Gravdalen. It was dark and it was maybe better... We also carried wood, food for 4 days and maby some useless things.. hence our backpacks was incredibly heavy and the footpath was incredibly steep and all the way in the snow in the dark was little bit crazy. We also met a guy in the cottage on the way who made distrustful faces about us. At the end we found the cabin.. what a big joy! I confess to I was really tired and glad of finding cabin which was small but nice with 4 bets, fire stove and wood..beautiful.

Gravdalen

 We decided to spend next day there to enjoy it and make just a small expedition on the hill in front the cabin.

  awsome!

 

After horsing around in the first right snow in Norway we spend the day in cottage sleeping, eating and talking except of Mikl whu had much energy to make another trip alone. And also playing cards (The lier - good funny game based on lying).
Next "morning", 5 am, alarmclock woke us. The adventure continues. Especially for Jiří without headlite. Besides him almost everyone falled down in the dark on the slippery surface. The way was long and the snow under our feet was dropping down.. not so comfortable. The plan was to reach another hut called Stølsmaradalen, have a rest there and then continue to the finall cottage Skagastølsbu the stone beautiful one high in the mountains. We taught the Stølsmaradalen is closed for us but all of us was in hope, it could be open. After the hard way with heavy backpacks and loosing the path (fortunately this path is used by animals so we followed a moose and a fox steps - smart animals) we reached the cottage. It was very honest delight when we realised the key fits in to the lock and the cottage is for us. 

 

The weather was getting worse and we decide to stay there. The next cottage was maybe another 5 hours of walking on unpredictable surface. It was a bit cold inside but very nice. Especially the mountains arround and the valley under us. Next day we walked down. This way was a little bit steep and dangerous but there was an amazing waterfall on the other side of steep valley - Vettifossen. Downthere it was amazing area with a lot of other beautifull waterfalls and dancing river which we lined on the way to the car.

 

Weekend with my parents

I'like to present shortly weekend in the middle of October which I spend with my parents.
Evererything was much easier with borrowed car by Tomas. I picked them up on friday evening in Sandefjord and we talked about some news in our homeland or family on the way to Notodden. The whole day I was prepairing a hunk of lamb which was actually very tasty dinner, lunch next day and soup on sunday. My parents also surprised me with amount of food they brought and kind presents of my sister and my lovely Nika.

Saturday trip: Heddal church - snanzen Tuddal - Gaustatoppen - Rjukan
 

Fogg, snow, ice slippery stones... luckily save on top of Gaustatoppen

The way back, suddenly out of cloud

My mum enjoys mountains more esthetical than physical, she waited for us on parking 

After we saw rjukan and drove back. The night we spend with Tomas parents in our flat talking, finding common comrade people (there really were some) and drinking bechorovka. 

Sunday was really peaceful, sudennly I had lunch by my father (who is main chef in our family ) so I felt like at home. The only goal was reach Oslo, check in to the hotel and visit catholic Mass. We did it all. The Mass was amazing especially the singing and other cultural parts there. I was lucky, it was the first time in Norway I was on Mass. That night we also visited opera house, walked on the roof and had the most expensive beer ever. But it was an ease. 

The hotel (Budget Hotel) was exactly in the city center and was cheep (700NOK/1 room/3person) but on the other hand it was more like week hostel. Next day started with really easy breakfast in restaurant and tour around the city. The Vigeland park was exciting despite the bad weather which followed us the whole day. 

Holmenkollen was maby the most interesting experience for me. The bad was that when we arrived, we didn't see more than 5 meters forward.

Holmenkollen after the fog disappearing 

    

 After this Mecca for winter sports we decided to drive to the airport in Sandefjord.
It was nice taste of homeland which was brought here by my parents.