August 10th, 2017

Today, Arild’s father (Nils) offered to take us on a boat ride into Hardanger Fjord to Fyksesund. When we first met Arild back in Chicago, he was particular on how we pronounced his name. No matter how hard we tried, we could not get it right. Eventually we offered to call him Bob (he refused to be called Sven or Ole) as a nickname. He agreed. It was funny that when we met his father Nils, he introduced himself as “Bob’s Dad”. Ha Ha!

Nils was great. He is a very proud grandpa and was very excited to take us out to see the Fjord. His boat was docked at Øystese Guest Harbour. This is where we boarded his boat.

‍ ‍ Myself, Grace and Pearl at Øystese Guest Harbour

Nils Boat

Grandpa Nils and Ingrid

It was a cloudy day, but we stilled loved the boat ride. Miriam had made cinnamon rolls and coffee for u s to have during the ride.

Nils took us up Fyksesund fjord which is a 6.8 miles long narrow branch of the main Hardangerfjorden. We docked at the end of the fjord and did some hiking to see some of the falls and creeks of the area.