Welcome to the sleepy fjord town of Eidfjord, population 950, which makes it TWICE the size of our sleepy village of Rutherford, in Napa Valley.
Here’s what I think of fjords now that we’ve been to ten of them on our cruise:
The word FJORD would make a killer word for the NYT Wordle puzzle, because, really, who ever thinks of a word containing the letter J, especially when it’s not the first letter?
Fjords can be quite long. The longest one in Norway is 127 miles long, and, in total, there are more than 1,000 fjords in the country.
3. Fjords are long inlets off the ocean, often with mountainous slopes on either side of a narrow inlet which leads, eventually, to a small (or larger) town.
Our ship docked at Eidfjord today and we strolled around the itsy-bitsy, bucolic town. The air smelled of pine and fresh herbs — intoxicating!
As almost no one uses telephone land lines any longer, the Norwegians got smart with unused public phone booths. At least the residents of Eidfjord got smart; they converted freestanding phone booths into small, free, take-what-you-like, mini-libraries….
One enterprising young man has started a baked potato business, serving hot, just-baked, spuds out of a mobile trailer…. he’s obviously been influenced by American propaganda….
As we walked the hilly streets of greater Eidfjord, it started to sprinkle, so Carol sought refuge under the portico of an old wooden house….
We have one more fjord port-of-call, tomorrow at Stavanger. Assuming there are colorful images to capture and that we are not caught in a seasonal, torrential storm, you will receive one more travel story. And maybe something from Copenhagen, where we disembark Wednesday.
But if/when there is more to share…. you will receive it.
Jim
Un-fjord-gettable trip and photos! Thank you so much, Jim!! ;-)