Beautiful Norway!

We just came back from Norway for 4 days and boy it was so packed; it really is a 'Norway In a Nutshell' tour.
(http://www.norwaynutshell.com/default.asp?adwords=nutshell&gclid=CNjP9KuJypMCFQyN1Qod5wK7jw)

We travelled via plane, bus, train (day & overnight) and sea.. and I am sure you are as excited as me to see the photos right! hehe

The sceneries as you can see below are awesome and we just couldn't stop clicking our cameras. Weather, temperature, everything was perfect and when the sunlight hit the waters, they turned out deep blue and the grass also became greener and all these make postcard perfect pics! Sooo exciting! Simply love the colorful houses we see everywhere esp red colored houses, a stark contrast to the beautiful landscape.

Let me share some of my fav pics in the midst while I continue sorting out all the rest of the photos!

Oslo

#1 Central Oslo, Karl Johan's Gate

#2 Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo

#3 Royal Palace, Oslo

#4 Sea View in Oslo (love the reflection!)

Oslo-Myrdal-Flåm

#5 Myrdal Train Station (ski resort)

#6 En route to Flåm

#7 View from our hotel room in Flåm (talk about room with a view)

#8 En route Voss

#9 and #10 Beautiful Flåm, innermost town of the fjords

(once again, amazing reflections!)

#11 Kjosfossen Waterfall (via The Flåm Railway)

#12 The Naeroyfjord (on the fjord cruise)

Stalheimskleiva - Voss

#13 Stalheimskleiva (on the bus- this was one scary bus ride coz we came up from that road you see below -yes- and it still went higher and higher! But the view was spectacular.)

#14 Voss

Bergen

#15 and #16 Beautiful Bergen, a coastal town & a UNESCO World Heritage Site

*can you spot the clock on one of the houses? Guess what- it was almost 10pm and still so bright! Summer's coming :)*

#17 The newly opened Opera House in Oslo (only 2 months old), designed by a world-famous Norweigen architect and the joy & pride of Norway now.

#18 View from the top

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