Of course we took the dogs with us and wow, didn't they just love being mountain dogs for a day! 
Mina gave us a few heart starting moments though. She just loves the snow and has to roll in it everytime she comes across it. About half way up the mountain she found a good patch and started rolling in it and burying her head in it etc. Of course being on a mountain, there was a fair bit of a slope to the patch and at one stage she was sliding head first, on her back, down the mountain. Luckily she managed to stop herself from totally cascading down the snow slide but it was certainly a heart starter. On the way back down we took a slightly different route and Mina went charging across a large puddle of frozen water. As the ice did not look that thick and Mina does look rather thick, I was very concerned that she was going to fall straight through, but once again she managed to survive. We tried to take a nice 'family' shot on the top of Lovstakken but of course Moj ruined it somewhat by doing what dogs do...
The view from the top was of course totally amazing. This is a shot taken from just one perspective of the 360 degree spectacular that was on offer. It is taken back over the area where we live. The lake in the middle is one near our house that we regularly walk the dogs around.
Next is a zoomed shot of our neighbourhood. See if you can find our house - it is near the centre of the shot, is brown and has a little red car out the front. We of course live on the bottom storey and if you look closely, you can see that the bottom half of the house at the back is white, that it our part!
So this should give you another perspective on where we live. We had such a lovely day climbing our first mountain in Norway that hopefully you can read more blogs in the not too distant future describing our adventures climbing the other seven mountains surrounding Bergen. Sending love and signing off as your intrepid mountain adventurer... fernicle xxx
6 comments:
The close up photo of the town looks some some sort of European toy town feature, maybe something out of a Richard Scarey picture book. I look forward to your new adventures of "Mountain Survivor - Mina and Moj style"
what an awesome post and fantastic adventure and gorgeous little town! i saw your house!!
its lovely to see you looking so happy and healthy up on the mountain. love you both mutti
Yay for my Mutti making a comment!!
Yes we are happy and healthy, both on the mountain and in our Richard Scarey village
What a great hike ! Looks like the dogs were having a good time too... Great shots of the town -- very unique perspective... Interesting commentary !
yay, that looks so cool! doggies and humanoids all look so happy and outdoor-sy. just keep them photos a-coming. in lonely planet btw it does make big note of bergen being wettest city in norway and suggests bringing your wet weather gear!
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