

Took the 8:15am boat to Fjaerland, the Norwegian book town. We first went to the Norsk Bremuseum (the Norwegian Glacier museum). We saw information on how glaciers are formed, what the inside of a glacier feels like to walk on (spongy) and even saw a replica of the “Ice man” later named Otzi. He was discovered “freeze dried” in the Alps in 1991and died 5300 years ago. There was also a replica of an ancient ski found in a Norwegian glacier. Afterwards, we visited the Boyabreen and Supphelbreen arms of the Jostedal glacier, which is the largest in Europe. After our walks up to and around the glaciers, we went back to Fjaerland for two hours in a town of 300 people that has 2.5 miles of bookshelves containing used books. We even found a Clive Cussler book that we had not read. Unfortunately, there is no restaurant in town except a bookstore that sold toasted ham and cheese sandwiches that were prepackaged. We quickly tired of the bookstores, had lunch and just waited for the boat to return. After returning, we went walking to try and find the other sites we missed last night. After we walked so far that Norm found a sign saying Balestrand town limits, we turned around and wandered the other direction back for dinner again. After dinner, Age was playing more popular songs at the piano in the hotel bar so we just relaxed and enjoyed his music. Since it is light out till past 11pm, decided to go in the correct direction this time and find the rest of the tourist sites in town.

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