The Fjords and a Lesson in Socialism

Today was one of the most anticipated days for our group. We traveled by train to Voss and then down a "mamma mia" road to board a boat to cruise through the Fjords. There isn't much to tell and these pics won't do it justice but here is a taste...

Train to the Fjords:

Mamma Mia road

Fjords

After the Fjord cruise we took one of the steepest rails in the world halway back to Bergen. Along the way we had a stop to see a fairy dance at a waterfall. I can't tell you why she is there or why there is a sound system there to play her music, but here ya go.....

We arrived at the last stop for the tourist train and waited a while to board a regular train back to Bergen. We made it a few stops and then everone had to get off the train at a stop in the shire of Norway because of a malfunction on the train tracks. In a capitalist country such as the US you better bet every taxi driver, bus driver, local citizen, etc. would have been itching to give rides to the 400 strandarded train riders. Not in a socialist country. It is Sunday. Everyone is off on Sunday,  Therefore it took almost an hour and a half, and our Russian tour guide pulling off a miracle she would only call a "Russian secret" to secure a bus for our group of 42. We felt a little bad about the 300+ still waiting on busses to arrive (it would take 12 busses for all the people) but then we reminded oursevles this is the benefit of competition people.