Now I’m getting around to posting some of the pictures from day of our trip to Stavanger in Norway (from the second week in August). We took a lot of pictures…
The weather was great, blue skys and we went on a boat to visit the Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen). You start the hike up to the Pulpit Rock from sea level at the beginning of the Lysefjord.
The first part of the hike was meant to be the worst, but this was just to fool you. Actually about half way through it got a bit tough, but the views were getting nice…
As we got near the Pulpit Rock, the path got a wee bit narrow for the amount of people around…
After a couple of hours, we were at the Pulpit Rock. It’s quite a place, a 25sqm totally flat ledge that sticks out from the mountainside. Three sides of the ledge are sheer drops down 604m (1800 feet) into the sea. Once you get over the initial terror and desire to lie down as flat as possible (which takes about an hour) you can enjoy beautiful views up and down the fjord.
Of course, the thing to do is to sit right on the edge with your legs dangling over the side.
With the fun over and no fatalities, we headed back down the mountain and ended up eating fish cakes in Stavanger harbour. Back at the hotel, we took a sauna on the top floor with windows looking out over the sun setting over the city. Top day.
