Fairytale Norway

After Flam, we drove north to a town called Oppdal. Levi and Andrew had plans to do a canyoning excursion up there, so I booked us a room at an authentic Norwegian farm.

The drive up was long (again), but the scenery was just breathtaking. And my camera worked again, hooray! We didn't have much time to stop along the way, but we did squeeze in one stop at the top of the mountain amongst the clouds.

These sheep came right up to our car! And then Levi almost backed over the little one and I screamed.

Six people in a station wagon...I rode in the very back!

After 5+ hours of driving, we made it to the farm. Oh my goodness, I absolutely fell in love with that farm! While Levi and Andrew went on their excursion, Christina, the kids and I explored the farm. And I took about one zillion pictures!

We stayed in the house on the right. The house on the left is occupied by the farmer's parents. His mother grew up in the house we stayed in.

We saw the chicken house and the bunny house, and spent at least an hour feeding the bunny plants. Quintana couldn't leave before saying goodbye to the bunny three different times.

The chicken house.

There were two little babies in there, but I couldn't get much of a picture.

These views were unreal

The house we stayed in was built in the early 1800s, and the house was filled with antiques that were original to the house. It has been in the same family all those years.

Our room; the beds were adorable. The kids called the snowman bed the "Olaf bed."

View from the kitchen

Butter churn

The kids adored wandering around the grounds.

We had a really lovely stay. It was right out of your imagination of old Norway. I am still so surprised that a place like this exists in today's world. Somehow, it makes me feel so happy to know it's here. The world isn't quite so flat after all. There is still places out of history to be discovered.

Then we were back to Oslo! On our drive home, we stopped for a picnic by a river, and most of our group waded in the icy water. We couldn't keep little Quintana out; she was determined to get in!

And more sheep!

It was a lot of driving (over 4 hours on the road every day), but it was amazing. We saw some incredible sights, unlike anything I've seen before. It makes my heart so happy to have traveled so much and yet still be surprised and delighted by the world. What a beautiful country.