Balestrand

Balestrand is another small Norwegian village. It is bigger than Flåm but still very small. It is however stunning and looks like it’s from a postcard. One of our favourite places so far. Our hotel was so cool, it had a balcony with the most idyllic view of the Sognefjord. It had a bar downstairs and a pool table, which we used each night plus complementary croissants and coffee in the morning. On our full day we decided to just walk through the village for a few hours. This village is known for its apples and their cider so there’s heaps of apple orchards. It was extremely quiet and we realised that because we came in the off season almost everything had shut down already so there were only a few stores open and pretty much no one on the streets. Our hotel was even closing today until summer next year. It was a bit of a struggle for food so we just had to get groceries for sandwiches and cheese and crackers for our meals that day. Never the less it was so peaceful and nice to walk around and we are glad we paid this village a visit. We spent the afternoon playing chess on our balcony then went to the sauna for the evening! This was our first proper Nordic sauna experience. We loved it so much and the time went by so fast. We jumped in the fjord as well (Iesha dealt with the cold a tinsy bit better than Eth hahah). It actually felt so nice and floating with a view of the snow speckled mountains was amazing. We felt rejuvenated and so fresh afterwards. This morning we had to wake up really early for our boat but we got to see the sunrise and the sky and fjord was filled with warm tones.Les mer