TRAVEL
Oslo was the final point on our trip to Norway which began with a morning flight from Gatwick to Bergen, a pretty port on the left hand side of the country, some 300 miles west of the capital but on virtually the same latitude. The heart of the town is based around a working port with several bars and bistros spilling onto the pavements outside. One word of warning, though – unsurprisingly it’ s hilly but the cable car was on hand to whizz us up the side of the mountain for afternoon coffee and a view to die for.( Little was I to know that the views would just keep on getting better).
An early morning start saw us on the 8am ferry up the fjord to Balestrand. Even though the weather was warm – we were travelling in August – the boat zips along so a coat is advisable on deck. For about five hours we headed in a generally northern direction, never more than 50 yards or so from a shoreline which became progressively starker and more impressive by the mile. Our captain knew his stuff and we would often stop near a waterfall for the regulation selfies.
Top left, The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo with( inset) the joint winners in 1973, Le Duc Tho, a North Vietnamese politician, and US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Beautiful Bergen: The fishing port on the west of Norway( and far right)
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