And so we drove on for hours with no real idea as to where we were heading. We’d never been to Bergen before so this was are first port of call. Not that we enjoy visiting major cities, I think it was just the fact that we’d thought we’d have a nosey around to see what was what. We were met with some classic colourful scandinavian housing, street art and waterfront scene’s. There was some sort of National day on at the time, the place was crowded so we left pretty quickly and moved on heading north into some lovely Norwegian country side.
With no real route planned as such other than heading north, we never really knew where we were going so we just continuing driving to see where we might end up. We had a map with us and as we looked further, a set of little islands caught our eye so we headed there. One of the islands we thought we’d try was called “Fedje”. Why, we had no idea but that’s where we were heading and I have to say, it was one of the best decisions of our journey. We had no idea what to expect and arriving at the ferry stop, we thought we were the only people heading there. Another car or two rocked up but that was about it. 30 minutes later and we were there. What a find! I can only best describe the place as , you now when you get up super early on a Sunday morning and no one else is around, it felt just like that. To top it all off, the island was empty apart form a few locals. One tiny shop, a brewery which seemed a little odd and that was about it, apart from some lovely colourful homes, second ones I might add.
What an incredible place Fedje is, known locally as “the village in the ocean”. All we did for the week we were there was walk, fish, drink coffee and relax. The sun never stopped shining and we hardly ever spoke to anyone. its seemed like the place was closed
to be continued…….