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The beginning of the concert. The mountaineer reads his newspaper in the hotel in the North of Italy where all the climbers gather. Judge, with behind him Magnus Skrede en Jan Erik Endresen.
The baritones and basses. All photos of the concert were made from my seat at the front in the middle.
Judge.
Judge, and behind him Jørgen Ruud Gomperud and Jan-Erik Baadsvik.
Judge in the cold again.
Judge.
Judge unconscious, with behind him Jan-Erik Baadsvik, Gabriel H. Brandanger and Tom J. Leaver Gunnerød.
Judge happy, after the performance.
Judge during the applause.
Conductor Petter B. Høiaas and Judge congratulate one another.
Judge during the encore. The choir sang one chapter without solo voice one more time.
Judge during the encore.
The day after the concert we ride the funicular up the Fløyen again, this time with Judge, Fiona and the British fans. This is the view from inside the funicular.
Seán Kelly in the funicular.
Seán photographs Judge and Fiona, and is being photographed himself by David Scoffield.
And the consequences.
View of the hall USF.
We walk back down again. David teaches Judge how to whistle on a grass leaf.
A mossy little meadow.
David in the Bergen museum of art.
And Seán.
The day after Laura and I go on our fjord trip. We travel by train away from the coast, through Myrdal to Flåm, and from there by boat through the Sognefjord back to Bergen. This is a view from the train.
View of a snow covered mountain. Note the little house, at the bottom in the middle of the photo.
More view from the train.
A little village.
More snow. The train climbs from Bergen (sea level) to a height of 866 metres, so there's more and more snow as we go along. After the top (Myrdal) the train descends again to sea level (Flåm).
Lots of wild nature.
The weather is beautiful.
A mountain top with a snow covered icy plain in front of it.
More snow and ice.
Laura in Myrdal in front of the Flåmsbana train that will take us to the Sognefjord.
View.
More view.
A waterfall. The train even stops for it. There's a special space built so the tourists can take this picture.
We descend again.
Another waterfall.
A beautifully situated village.
A snow covered mountain top.
That same village again.
We have arrived in Flåm, where the boat leaves. The village is nothing but souvenir-shops, and the boat doesn't leave for another three and a half hours, so we just lie in the sun.
View from the shore in Flåm to a part of the Sognefjord.
View from the boat, looking back in the direction of Flåm.
A village at the fjord.
Most of the time however the shore is a lot more steep, like here.
Laura in the wind. On the back of the boat there is a part of the deck where we are allowed to be outside. Most of the people are inside.
The boat goes very fast, and there's a lot of wind, so to take photos I need to brace myself (photo by Laura).
View.
Waterfall. The boat especially manoeuvres very close to it and slows down.
I photograph the waterfall (photo by Laura).
View.
Every now and then we moor at a harbour of a village.
During the day the sky gets more clouded.
But it changes quickly again.
Sunlight at sea. Viking view.
And it's clouded again.
A sailing ship in the fjord.
Clouds and sunlight (and a small island).
