Back from our trip to Oslo, we settled in for the long winter in Espevær.  In all the years we cruised, we never tired of any scene that included Bijou.  We loved our Norway digs and felt so fortunate to have met the people we met who made this life experience happen.

November 1997.  We took a train from Bergen to Oslo.  This scene was above the tree line at the top of a mountain.  The settlement was called Finse.  Had to be hard living here, lots of snow and cold.  A word that comes to mind--windswept.  While on this route, we detoured to visit Oppheim, which is near Voss, and is where Lori's family originally comes from.  While walking in Oppheim, we asked around about a family home which is located in Oppheim.  The place is small enough that we did find a member of the family, a distant cousin or something, and he got us into the house.  It was an interesting experience.  We stayed on Oppheim a couple of days, saw the inside of the family home and also walked to the nearby village of Stallheim which is only "open" in summers.