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More Switchbacks

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  As promised, pictures of the view and our lodging this morning.  The view - it is pretty spectacular! Our cabin Sun coming up over the mountain. There will be more switchbacks this morning as we go up over these mountains. Yay! They weren't so bad in the daylight with no rain and going up instead of down.  Geiranger is a small tourist village in  the western part of Norway . It is  at the head of the Geirangerfjorden , which is a branch of the large Storfjorden . Geiranger is home to spectacular scenery, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet . The Seven Sisters waterfall  (which I wanted to see but we probably passed as we came down the mountain in the dark last night) is located just west of Geiranger, directly across another waterfall called "The Suitor."   Geiranger Church is the main church for the village and surrounding area. The third biggest cruise ship port in Norway, Geiranger receives 140 to 180...