First vacation trip - Geiranger

It was a very exciting day - time for Magnus' very first vacation trip!! We filled up the car with Muna, me, her parents, Magnus, our newly purchased electric cooler (portable fridge - for drinks and minifom), the stroller bag, our change of clothes, and off we went on a Friday afternoon. We were very curious how it would work out with Magnus - we know he likes to sleep in the car, but how much would he sleep, and what would he do when he wasn't ?

He started out just looking out the window at all the things flashing by outside, and eventually dozed off. We made it all the way to Hønefoss... before he told us in loud terms that he was tired of sitting and now wanted food!

The next leg of our journey ended in a Macdonalds in Gjøvik, where it was time for food for everyone. A little north of Tretten in total darkness, he just started crying in the back seat, and it turned out he needed to burp and fart for a good while before we could continue.

But eventually we made it to Otta - our first night away. We had reserved a cabin. We got a huge one just for us - normally there would be 4 times as many people in there, but this was the off-season. Everything went great and Magnus fell asleep in his bag upon arrival. However at 4am there was no hiding it anymore - he was hungry and not interested in sleeping anymore. He cried so loud that nobody slept anything afterwards.

During the day we crossed the Mount Strynefjell - Magnus slept through his first waterfall which was Pollfoss, and later we had a longer stop at Dalsnibba viewpoint. It was too windy there for Magnus to come out and look, so he just slept in the car, but when we finally came down to Geiranger he could come out.

The restaurant where we wanted to eat turned out to be closed, and the downtown also seemed surprisingly closed up for the after-season. When we finally found a cafe we greatfully entered and ate there despite a very short menu. We got them back by using one of their corner tables as changing room for Magnus' smelly diapers !!

*After* eating we found a hub of small cafes, restaurants and tourist places open also after the peak season. Oh well. We took pictures of Magnus in his bag on the pier with the big cruiseships on the fjord. He seemed to enjoy the trip, although he was not quite getting the same out of it as we others did.

We returned back to Sjåk in the evening to sleep at yet another camping cabin. Sunday was used to return back home, crossing through Jotunheimen in the rain.

A very successful first vacation-weekend, and it turns out that Magnus is an angel to bring on a cartrip.