And then it was Trondheim

After just a few hours spent in Lillehammer, we departed to the first real destination in our itinerary, Trondheim. A long time had passed since we journeyed by train and we felt that inner joy and excitement that we used to have every time we embarked in a trip back in Romania, towards some remote location. A good four hours journey during which we had our eyes glued to a landscape that was changing by the second. Slowly the valleys were getting narrower and narrower, exposing steep slopes, ice-covered peaks and flat plateaus with snow that lasted over the year. Amazing landscape, woods spreading endlessly in the horizon and rapid streams gushing fiercely downstream.
In Trondheim we arrived shortly after lunch. Heavily packed, we had more than half a day to get to know the city so we left our backpacks at the train station and made our way towards the inner city.
Trondheim Cathedral


Trondheim University
Old city bridge

Kristiansten Fortress
The weather was unpredictable, changing from very sunny at the beginning, to rainy, in just a couple of hours. We wandered through the busy streets with no apparent plans to visit something specific until the sunset light warned us that soon a grand spectacle was about to begin.









It may seem awkward that we are talking about a common sunset but what a sunset it was! A beautiful light, strong and vivid, colorful and intense, prolonged by the northern position of Trondheim. It may be that this was the longest sunset we've witnessed so far. We felt like it took forever to see the Sun finally hiding behind the horizon, casting its final crimson rays onto the calm waters of Trondheimsfjord.








The silhouette of Leif Eiriksson (the first European to set foot on North America at the start of the second millennium)

It is this moment that we will remember most dearly when we will recollect the time spent in Trondheim. Maybe we enjoyed the idea that gazing towards an open horizon brings us a bit closer to what the ancient vikings aspired in their endless endeavors to conquer nature's most powerful and relentless force, the Sea.  

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