Our trip to Voss was very uneventful. We caught a bus in Eidfjord and enjoyed a ride through the beautiful inland scenery. We weren't entirely sure how to get to our B&B in Voss, but I had the address and the phone number so we weren't too worried. Solveig - the hostess - said that we could walk from the bus stop, but we didn't know which bus stop to start from. So we just took the bus all the way into town and then took a cab. Which turned out to be a good decision. It was certainly a lot more than the 2-3 kilometers she told us! We would have been exhausted before we ever got close - it was all up hill and it had to be about 3 miles. At any rate, it was an awesome place. The guest house is the old farm house. Knut's (Solveig's husband) grandparents built the place originally. Once again, we were the only people there, so we had the whole house to ourselves. When we arrived Solveig had a fire going in the wood stove, which was perfect. Most of the windows looked out onto the dairy barn, then down the valley.
The house we stayed in was quite large for being an old farmhouse. It was quite cozy, it would have been nice to stay for several days instead of just the one night. Voss is one of the biggest outdoor adventure spots in Norway. There are all sorts of options for kayaking, rafting, hiking, you name it. Whenever we are next in Norway I definitely hope to spend some more time there.
In the yard they had a sizable chicken coop with about 10 chickens. Up the hill they had a big - and apparently very friendly - goat. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to walk up to meet him. When we first arrived there were some deer grazing in one of the far pastures. I've been so accustomed to white tail and mule deer, it was odd to see a different kind. I think they are red deer, but I'm not entirely sure.
Solveig and Knut were nice enough to let us borrow their car to run down to the grocery store. We got some stuff for dinner and headed back up the mountain. As we were getting started on cooking dinner, we discovered that there was no toilet paper anywhere in the house. So we walked over to the main house. Rather than just handing off a couple rolls and sending us on our way, they invited us in for coffee. We ended up spending almost three hours chatting about all sorts of things. It was really amazing to have a chance to talk so much with someone from Norway. Most of the rest of the trip we had only had passing interactions with people. Dinner ended up being quite late, but it wasn't a problem. We had both drank so much coffee we would have been up for a couple hours anyway!
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