NO13 - Day 5 - Paul's View - Olden

We have pretty much a full day in Olden and with it being Sunday there might not be anything open.

We are alongside the dock today and another ship is at anchor in the fjord and using its tenders. The other ship is the Swan Hellenic Line "Minerva". It used to be the Saga Pearl.

Maybe today we will find an elusive post box for our cards bought and stamped on Friday?

After breakfast we'll take a stroll into town. Or maybe lazily take a ride on the tourist train. We are on holiday after all.

Light breakfast taken. 

We took the little tourist train. It was 300kr for two. A little pricey but we saw things that if we had been on foot we'd never have seen.

The train takes you past Olden centre and out on the road to the Briksdalsbreen Glacier. We opted for the local tour as we went to a glacier yesterday. A couple of stops to look at the lakes formed by the glaciers in the ice age and the waterfall on the outskirts of the town.

We hopped off the train back in the town and walked back. It's only about 700m anyway. After lunch we can go again and walk in to the town.

We saw some sights, bought some more cards to accompany the two stamps we had and then we found one!

A post box.  Shame the other cards were in the cabin.

We arrived back in time for lunch and as it is Sunday we had the traditional English  roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and veg!

Then it was off on foot to the post box. Now we knew where it was at last! 

It was very sunny and we were lucky as rain had been forecast.

First stop the post box. Claire was taking some pictures down by the fjord and I popped in the tourist office to ask about cabin rental. Most towns seem to have cabins by the fjord and as they are pretty uniform I thought maybe they are rentals.

The youth spoke good English and looked out a copy of the Nordfjord Tourist Guide; places to see and places to stay.

The number of bikes out enjoying the sun has been an eye opener. I guess with more extreme weather in Norway the riders have to make to most of good weather.

As we went to look for the Olden Old Church it started spotting with rain. The church was easy to locate by the steeple. It's no longer used for services but the burial ground is still used.

It was built in 1759 and is the only cross shaped church in the area. Excavations show an older church underneath and also coins and artifacts dating back to the 13C.

We took a few pics and set off back to the ship to make sure we were aboard for Sail-Away!

We will head down the Nordfjord and at the end turn left, south, heading for our final destination in Norway, Bergen.

Heading out of the Nordfjord and then we turn southwards. Tonight we sail about 161 nautical miles to Bergen.

Only one blot on the horizon is that my Canon 300D developed a fault and the shutter looks to have packed up or at least the top 8th shows the pic and the other 7/8ths blank. Have run the shutter clean and hope for the best. Sadly the camera is worth less than any charge to fix it.