#5 From Leardal via Berdalsfjellet towards Trondheim
Early in the morning we experienced this fantastic view of the Norwegian fjord.
In the morning the view of the Norwegian fjord
A new day is dawning, the first view from the tent is towards the fjord, the sun isn't really coming through in the early morning, but it's not raining, these are good conditions for a beautiful day.
Breakfast is always something of a ceremony for us, we weren't in the mood to have breakfast at the campsite, maybe there will be a better opportunity on our way.
After a few discussions about the way forward, we agreed on the direction of Viggja, which is the rough direction of Trondheim .
We didn't want to sleep directly in Trondheim, it's usually easier and cheaper if you stay a little outside the larger cities.
The Harley-Davidson navigation shows the curves in front of us.
We didn't set our planned tour in stone, but each of us already had a rough direction and a few important goals in mind.
Our Ernst actually really wanted to go to the Preikestolen , the view was supposed to be so beautiful, the further plan was to take the ferry past the Seven Sisters (Seven Waterfalls).
When we were on the ferry, Ernst found out from us that he would have to walk up to the top and that we would then wait for him at the bottom for two hours. Of course he didn't know that and we promptly got off the ferry at the first pier and then, quite by chance, were able to experience a mega pass ( part 2 ).
The next dream road awaits us
More about the rest later, because now we have another experience like that in front of us, in Floatavegen it continued in an S-curve manner and at some point there was a sign that told us that we would have to pay, but why, that was completely beyond us mysterious, the route seemed a bit deserted to us.
Tindevegen is again a beautiful route for motorcycles
The road is called Tindevegen and is a toll road. What's particularly worth seeing is the panorama at Berdalsfjellet up in the peaks, at least from hearsay, because it was pretty cold and you have to walk up to the Berdalsfjellet panoramic view.
We chose another equally beautiful mountain without a name for our panoramic view, which was also great. The connecting road between Ärdal and Turtagro is definitely worth it, it's a fantastic route with a view of Hurrungane mountain peaks.
After the Berdalsfjellet Panorama comes the toll booth
And at some point in the middle of it all it came, the toll booth, a barge blocking the way and a machine demanding the credit card and only the credit card. I mean we each got rid of around 80 Norwegian Kroner (1€ = approx. 0.11NK), but it was worth it.
What surprised us a bit was that there was a small hut there with two young girls sitting in it monitoring the station, how boring is that, there wasn't even cell phone reception up here, at least not for us.
They explained to us that the income is collected to maintain the national park. Ok, maybe that's a good thing. You can take a look at the station on the webcam , there's nothing up here apart from this hut for a long time.
Tråsåvika Camping there is also breakfast and good coffee in the morning
There was stress at Tråsåvika Camping
This should continue for us, time runs incredibly fast in Norway and that should also lead to a few discussions for us.
At some point we came to the E39, a good road and it's time to cruise in a fairytale world again, it's just beautiful when lakes, rivers and waterfalls keep appearing on the right and left.
In the early afternoon we arrived at Tråsåvika Camping , which is not a particularly large campsite, but is a well-kept campsite where bikers are also welcome. At least the owner meant well and wanted to let us camp next to a few other German campers.
A German camper in Norway – it almost escalated!
Once he had assigned us the spot, we started packing up when suddenly some stupid camper started complaining behind me.
We would block his view, you can hardly believe it, he was sure that he wanted to defend his place with all his weapons, his wife disappeared into the camper without further ado, it happened as it had to happen, it got loud, so, It's always loud with Hermann and Ernst anyway, but now we had the whole place in turmoil.
The troublemaker retreated into his camper and other neighbors showed us what the campers are really like, they said straight away, boys, come to us, we have nothing against you. That was an announcement and as you can see in the photo, we had everything we needed for a lovely evening, which we then spent with decent people.
What should happen next morning?
We sit together early in the morning with the slightly older and very friendly owner of the campsite and first have breakfast.
At Tråsåvika Camping there were fresh rolls and coffee for breakfast.
Now we still had one more thing to clarify, how do we continue tomorrow? On my note it said: Geiranger Fjord, Trollstigen, Atlantic Road. For Hermann and Ernst, not all three things, but the Lofoten .
That was a problem because we didn't have that much time to drive everything. We weren't able to solve the problem that evening, so let's see what happens next morning. But more about that in the next part of our Norway tour.
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Thank you for the kind support of our tour partners, Visit Norway , Color Line , The Rokker Company and Tallink Silja Line .
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