We took a walk up the mountain behind the campsite through birch wood and bog with spring flowers and patches of snow.
Then it was my turn to drive along the quieter roads instead of the E6 and E10. Took the ferry from Navsnes to Flesnes. We stopped along the way to spot rough legged buzzard and white tailed sea eagle. Heard a bird like a wood warbler call in slow motion.
Eventually arrived at our Couch surfing host, Svein Flaaten. He hosts international students on Exchange and this time he has a 17 yr old from north Italy and and 18 yr old from Indonesia. They've been with him for ten months and speak fluent Norwegian plus fluent English. Another boy from Greenland was also visiting. He is an Inuit who has hunted seals (with gun). He hopes to work in the EU.
Svein's house has a most spectacular view over a lake and jagged mountains. He cooked a traditional Lofoten meal of cod, salted for 3 hours then rinsed and cooked with egg bacon and cheese. Delicious.
Ha! I just tried the word Inuit with the friends game and they said I couldn't use it but here it is in your blog several hours later!!! Scenery looks wonderful and you are lucky to get such a good host...I suppose they like the company if they are out in the back blocks! If you see any Norwegian craft shops take a shot of whatever they make over there...that would be very interesting.
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