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We parted ways at the Visitor's center and I took the walk down the stairs along the river. There were some hang gliders, or para-something jumpers circling overhead. It was a very pleasant walk down along the river to a campground near the end of the fjord.

After we dropped the Twizy off we walked back up the road to some spots we saw but couldn't stop when driving. Some sunshine!

We zoomed back down the mountain, through town and up the other road out of town to catch the view from the other side of town. At the top we were definitely in the cloud layer so the views weren't so great but on the way up and back down we did get some clearing occasionally.

So it was back to the Queen's Bench...

The next overlook was above the Queen's Bench location and we could see it was clearing!

We were shown a picture of this stone bridge and advised that should be the extent of our outbound travel. The 360 camera shot makes the top of the bridge disappear. This wasn't intentional. just the exact placement of the camera didn't catch any of the face of the bridge. Cool effect.

I had the pleasure of @Hoopster95's company on this two hour adventure. After some instructions and guidance when to stop and turn around they let us loose in the Twizy. It had a GPS with a preloaded route and it talks at preset waypoints to give some local information. Our first overlook at the Queen's Bench was a bust. The cloud layer was too low. You could sometimes see the ship, barely. My 360 camera on a pole hanging over the cliff looking down thousands of feet to the river below. The Queen's Bench. I'm guessing the Queen had better weather. Back in the Twizy.

Finally we made it to the end of the fjord and Geiranger. The Seawalk that comes out to the ship. Excursion today is a Twizy. It's an electric car that seats one and a half. Okay it seats two, but in line with the passenger behind the driver.

Eventually we got to the good stuff. Waterfalls, more waterfalls and after that there were some waterfalls.

Some pics from my good camera. I was up way too early. I started the timelapse running, grabbed a coffee in the lounge and snapped a few photos. This early there isn't much to see as we hadn't entered the fjord yet or where it narrows to become more interesting.

Timelapse of our arrival to the fjord on the way into Geiranger. Geiranger Fjord TL.mp4

Not a terrible balcony view.

Captain promised us a 360 turn at the Seven Sisters and he delivered.

Sail away from Geiranger

Quick phone pics. Good camera photos later.

They aren’t. Randomly one or two upload black.

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