June 5, 2015.  Is there a better way for Matthew and me to celebrate our wedding anniversary than hiking the mountain of snow that is the Nigård Glacier?  Certainly not.

With this thought in mind, we raced from the Borgund Stave Church to the town of Solvorn, our launching point for our glacial adventure.

The sniggly road took us through several tunnels, around the shorelines of lakes and fjords, past a dozen or so waterfalls, through sleepy villages, and even up close to a venomous European adder snoozing by the roadside cafe where we stopped to buy lunch.  (No casualties to report.) Continue reading Glacier Hiking →