June 21 - Fagernes to Oslo

For our last morning, the skies were overcast, and we could already feel a little mugginess in the air.

When we settled in to Fagernes last night, we did so knowing that we were about 3 h from Oslo. But before going to Oslo, we wanted to find and visit two more stave churches. The first church was in Reinli, about 8 km off E16. This was an interesting church in that it did not have a steeple. The bell tower was an independent structure that formed the arch over the walkway to the church from the west. This single nave church with six posts set into the walls was built sometime during the 1200’s.

Our next stop was the church at Hedalen, about 12 km off the main road. This church was built sometime during the 1100’s with no interior masts.

With no more stave churches to see along this route, we continued on towards Oslo winding our way past deep valleys with treed and rocky sides. While different than the terrain yesterday, the countryside immediately north of Oslo is pretty too.

Before driving right into Oslo, we made one stop at Baerums Verk. From there, we successfully navigated our way to Ander’s and Ragnhild’s house, and let ourselves in. We emptied the rental car, and started getting organized to do a washing. It’s great to be back in Oslo with our friends, Anders and Ragnhild, and their family.

We plan to return the rental car to Sandvika tomorrow morning after we run a few errands.

We have traveled 5218 kms during the past 3 weeks. We’ve had a lot of safe driving, and our little Skoda Roomster has done us well.