Innvik to Ålesund
The hotel we stayed at in Innvik was operating as a vaccination centre for the locals to get their fourth covid shot so while we ate breakfast the older citizens of the area slowly wandered past to get their shots.
We drove up over the mountains, past ski resorts and patches of snow on the mountain sides to reach Geirangerfjord where we had a cruise/ferry booked for 2pm. On the way down we stopped at a popular viewing area where we could see the town and fjord in the valley below, even though the weather was drizzly the view was still spectacular.
The town of Geiranger was busy with cruise passengers, we've seen quite a few cruise ships in the fjords up to now, it's amazing how deep the fjords are and the sizes of the cruise ships that can travel them.
The car ferry took us through to Hellesylt, and along the way we saw some quite impressive waterfalls, as well as small farms and villages. many of which had been abandoned over the years due to their remoteness and the difficulty of surviving the winter.
From Hellesylt we drove through the rain to our final destination of Ålesund, a fair sized town on the coast, which once again had some huge cruise ships in the harbour.
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