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Skrei

The perfect STORM

So, initially i was supposed to head to Lofoten alone, but guess who came along? Jinquan, Chengying and Matthew!

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We picked up the car in Narvik, and took the most scenic drive towards the end of the world! We were in luck, originally we ordered a Polo, but guess what guys, we ended up getting a Subaru Forester, 4x4!

MWAHAHAHAHA!
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So, LET THE ROAD TRIP BEGIN!
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It was the best drive i had in my life, the mountains the fjords, i can't describe them here to you all, you have to go and see it for yourself! :X Sorry guys.
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We stopped countless times, just to take pictures of the AMAZING scenery and for toilet breaks of course! This was pretty much what we got most of the time! ;)
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Mirror lakes, mirror lakes EVERYWHERE!

We even got a chance to see a waterfall, and definitely (of course) drank from it! The best water yeah, you know? :D
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We were driving along the coast, facing the atlantic ocean! The waves were just crashing on the rocks! Experienced some crazy winds of 15m/s if i am correct, and a storm was approaching this night. ZOMGD:

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Then, the roads started getting narrower, a 1 lane road for 2 way traffic, and we had to be really careful with such a big car xD
And we are here! FINALLY! Eliassen Rorbuer!
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This was how it looked like inside, perfect family get away!
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Had dinner and probably the best norwegian beer ever!
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Oh yeah, we had a boat too, haahha! but weren't able to use it due to weather :'(
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Tried to head out later at night in the hunt for NLs, but we didn't manage to get a glimpse due to the weather ):

Next day we headed out, till the end of the world! Arrived at Reine first, the most raved about place of Lofoten!
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And my best photo IMO!
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Insane weather, the storm hit again and the rain felt like bullets! Had our fun here and moved on further! It was pretty sad, that we came during the down time, the whole place was pretty much dead, and fishing season just started, so there was pretty much nothing we could do :/

Saw many Skrei along the way and other beautiful scenery!
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Went to the supermarket and got supplies, hee hee hee.
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My drug ;)

Had the mandatory meal of Cod and even bought postcards at the restaurant hahaha -.- i know right!

COD COD COD!
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And soon, we were where we came for.

Å.
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The edge of the world! The storm really started hitting and we were pounded. But, bad weather, BEST TIME FOR PHOTOGRAPHY! Seized the chance and got shots that i never would have!

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After awhile, we decided we couldn't do this anymore, and started to head back, then the weather improved slightly -.-
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And then it got better! :D
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Sat around here for awhile and talked for a bit, before we headed back to our lovely Rorbuer.

Guess what? We left the door open for a few seconds and a stranger greeted us!
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Must have been too cold for him outside and came in! Gave him BA KWA ok, and he devoured it, and pretty much whatever we gave him. Well, you can tell how much JQ loves cats hahaha!
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Then, we headed out again that night in search for NLs, but were disappointed yet again, cause of the storm. ):

Well, this is the end of my 5 week trip, next stop, Filderstadt! To see my lovely host family and Balou ;)

What other better way to end it, with Smørbrød of course! :D
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Posted by flickervertigo 03:57 Archived in Norway Tagged lofoten

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