Norway Trip of a Lifetime: Storybook Flåm

Don't think I need to write much for today because my pictures will tell the story. I cannot believe how beautiful this place is. When I got up and looked out our balcony sometime in the morning a huge cruise ship had docked and what a beautiful site. We headed to breakfast and then decided to head out on a hike to Brekkenfassen waterfall. The day was a little dreary but wore my rain jacket and brought ponchos. We headed out and followed the directions on the map it said about 1.5-2hrs round trip. We came to a part where there was a sign for the waterfall and a gate going into a pasture with tons of sheep. Jared and I were a little confused but walked through the gate and invaded the poor sheets pad. They were scared of us so didn't get to close and the mammas were keeping a close eye on us and their little ones. We continued on as the terrain got steeper and rockier and if it wasn't for the few red markers on the trail if u wanna call it who knows where we would be. As we got closer the view just kept getting better. There were small waterfalls and stream all the way up and a few we had to cross. As we got closer you could hear the roar of the waterfall which meant it had to be right around the corner. We did finally reach the top and it was literally right around the corner. All I can say is wow!! We were about half way up the waterfall on an outlook and the view was like something out of a storybook. We were the only ones up there so we took a few pics and just took in the beautiful scenery. we then headed back down which was much easier and made our way through the sheeps pad. We found another trail close to our hotel and were able to get a different view of the town. We had laundry at our hotel so we decided to do a load which you would think was easy? I guess if u can't read the controls u have no idea what u are doing. We were able to get kale aka cold water but put the soap in the wrong place so I guess they are as clean as they will get for now. Drying... Well some of our clothes are still not dry because we gave up. We tried many settings on the dryer and it would dry them for a bit and then we heard water and would open the dryer and steam would come out. Still don't know why it did it but we gave up and hung our clothes all around our room. We decided to eat at the pub for supper which looked like it had a great menu. Jared had the Pork shank with potato purée and veggies and I had the Viking burger with roasted potatoes with blueberry cream and honey glaze. Both of our meals were amazing along with the service. As we were sitting there 2 guys came in and sat down at a table kitty corner from us. As Jared and I were talking I kept looking at this guy and thought he looked familiar and was sure I knew him. As I looked more I realized it was a guy Eric who was from Pelican Rapids and I graduated with his sister! I walked over to him and asked him If he knew where Pelican Rapids was and he got this dumbfounded look on his face and said I grew up there. It is so funny how small this world is. He lives in Bergen but has a buddy in town from Minneapolis who was with him and showing him around. Jared and I just shook our heads all night thinking about how crazy it is. Tomorrow it is off to Bergen.