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Even though the overnight hostel in Sundal was my favourite accommodation this whole trip, it felt a little isolated. It also had the misfortune of being right next to an expensive toll road at 72 NOK each time. So I put on my taped up 15 year old trainers and we got ready to go... after free breakfast!!! I woke up at 8.30 but Ben had already been awake for most of the night so he was ready and had had breakfast by the time I was showered and ready. He told me that breakfast was, disappointingly ham and cheese salad. I strolled on over to the waiter and he worked through, in broken English, the choices for the morning - ham and cheese salad... or bacon and eggs. Boom! Sorry Ben the kid liked me more than you.

Ben drove us all the way to our next destination in Lofthus where we very easily settled in. A stunning vista, 1.3km up a hill on the east side of a limb of the Hardangerfjord. The sun was coming out for the weekend too, something it seems to do here in Norway. We got settled into the little cabin and then went for a walk into Lofthus where we found a large, posh hotel where I hit on the waitress and made her blush. The scene from the balcony of the hotel was breathtaking, with a little circular man-made island we could get to from a quaint bridge. We sat there for a while and had hot drinks but there was a wedding there at 2pm, so we moved but stuck around for the wedding. And wow what a wedding! It was only the bridal party - no guests. The bride came on her horse-drawn carriage and walked up the long stone isle while an accordionist played, over the bridge and onto the island where she met her groom and had the ceremony. It was such a compelling sight.

We left the wedding and got back to the hut where we decided to go check out the Vøringsfossen - a 600ft waterfall which was 50 minutes drive away on the Eidfjord. I drove up the and as we went, the sun broke through the clouds and gave us our best journey yet. Soaring mountains - some capped in snow, some a little dryer and more summery. We stopped off in the town of Eidfjord where we took a few photos and as we did, a sudden sound of thunder hit the valley. Although it wasn't thunder, it was a mini avalanche. The snow is gradually melting in the spring sunshine and causing tiny trickles and powerful waterfalls to cascade down countless parts of the mountains. We continue our journey up the mountains towards the waterfall. The road winds like crazy and involves several tunnels which curve unlike any other tunnel we've been through yet. There's even one tunnel which winds more than 360 degrees through the mountain - some serious engineering, and the tunnel didn't even have a name. Sad. Anyway, we get to the Vøringsfossen and it's incredible. The sun is going down just behind one of the mountains and is causing a haze of yellow light around one of the falls. The water from the main fall hits the basin below and causes 3 relentless spurts of water vapour before the river cuts its sneaky snakey path through the mountains. The most impressive sight of the trip.

Financial fail of the day:
For me, all avoided, but Ben had to buy a loaf of bread at £2.49