Work Outing...

...@ Lysefjord

That would be Jeffrey's work but they were nice enough to invite the significant other of the employees!!

Meeting was at 5pm (not an easy time for the mothers but thankfully school finished at 12pm today so the babysitter was available) at Stavanger Harbor for an 1+ hour cruise to Lysefjord followed by diner at "Helleren" and back to Stavanger by 11.30pm.

The boat ride:

Lysefjord means light fjord, and is said to be derived from the lightly coloured granite rocks along its sides.
The fjord was carved by the action of glaciers in the ice ages and was flooded by the sea when the later glaciers retreated. End to end, it measures 42 km (23 miles) with rocky walls falling nearly vertically over 1000 m (3,000 ft) into the water. Because of the inhospitable terrain, the fjord is only lightly populated and only has two villages on its length - Forsand and Lysebotn, located at opposite ends of the fjord. The few people who live or lived along the fjord are only able to leave their homes by boat, as the hills are too steep for roads. (Wikipedia)

Preikestolen from 600m below:

Preikestolen or Prekestolen, also known by the English translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local name Hyvlatonnå, is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden. The top of the cliff is approximately 25 by 25 metres (82 by 82 feet) square and almost flat, and is a famous tourist attraction in Norway.
The 3.8 km (2.4 mi.) hike to Preikestolen, is one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in Norway. (Wikipedia)

The Helleren for dinner:

Back in Stavanger...11.30pm and it’s still quite bright:

Another photo taken at 3am from my house. Yep I was still awake and I could hear the birds singing that what prompted me to look out the window!:

It looks a lot like this one taken at 5PM on December 15 Quite a difference in 6 months