Hardangervidda/Flåm/Jotunheimen trip

As I promised, I am coming back with little update about my recent weekend trip.

As 17th of May is Norwegian national day and it is free, as well as 20th of May, we had all 4 days for ourselves! :)

the beginning of Hardangervidda - national tourist road

We started our trip from passing Hardangervidda - mountain plateau, which - on this time of the year - is still covered in snow and ice. 

Hardangervidda in the mid of may ;)

 Hardangervidda is an extraordinary place, which will be ever more special for me now <3

Stalheim hotel and mountains around it. Photo from visitnorway.com

Stalheim hotel was another destination on our trip. The view from hotels terrace is amazing, as well as the route down (Stelheimskleiva) - the steepest route in Europe!

view from Stalheim's hotel

grill on our way to next trip destination

 

marinated chicken was on the menu ;)

grilled chicken sandwich

Next 2 days we spend in wonderful small city Flåm, which is a Norway in a nutshell for me. 

 

Flåm in the evening

It has fiord, beautiful and high mountains around, little wooden houses and many mountain pathways for hiking, cycling and skiing. 

Up in the mountains with the view on Nærfiord

 We managed to take a proper mountain trip which took us few hours and was approximately 10km long. And found local brewery very welcoming the same evening :) 
We felt so good in Flåm and the weather was so amazing that we had to force ourselves to leave this hospitable place... :)

beautiful view from Stegastein

 Aurland's viewpoint (Stegastein) was the next on our tour. The weather was perfect for climbing up in the hills (with car this time) and admire Nærfiord from above.

grilled salmon - yummy!

grilled salmon menu :)

mighty Jotunheimen Mountains

Last, but not least, we crossed Jotunheimen - the highest mountain range in Norway. This was spectacular! But, I have to admit, very scary at the same time! We were there almost alone and the scope of mountains was even overwhelming! On passing mountain shelters, we met professional Alpinists who were discovering Jotunheimen Mountains by foot (and skies).

waterfall in Jotunheimen mountains

Despite it were only 4 days, I totally relaxed, charged my batteries and had a wonderful, and very emotional :), time. It was all about relax, chill, love, celebration and splurging! Like a proper vacations should be :)

first ice creams this year ;)

"Nordic's kitchen" ;)

Double tasting in the morning

sharon fruit and MFactor Dark Chocolate protein powder

Today I had two things to taste for the first time - sharon fruit and MFactor protein powder. So I used that two things for preparing my morning porridge. 

Sharon fruit - looks like an orange potato, isn't it? ;)

Sharon fruit, called also as an eastern apple, is a fruit which looks like tomato, has consistency like a melon and sweet taste like... hmm peach or apricot?

Cutted sharon fruit

 This fruit has about 70 kcal in 100g, so it is low in calories. It is rich in carotene, vitamin A, C and calcium. 

This rich orange colour is awesome!

I cut peeled sharon into pieces and mixed it with my oats and blackberries.

A little pack which came to me from MyRevolution yesterday

As I mentioned before, there were two things tasting today. Second one was a sample of MFactor protein powder which MyRevolution send to me. 

MFactor in 1kg container

What is different about MFactor? The source of protein in it. It is made from vegetable protein based on peas protein isolate. It is a great option for everyone who is allergic (or don't like) milk protein. 

MFactor in 4kg container

 MFactor has a rich dark chocolate taste and it is really thick after preparation. In 30 g dose you can find 23g protein, 1,5g carbs, 1,6g fat and 110 kcal.

clean breakfast for a good start of the day!

It was the great start for day! Hope you start yours also good!

Special delivery from Poland!

Happy girl and her certificate

Special delivery from Poland :)

I've just got my instructors license and my papers from Polish Fitness Academy! 
Before I went to Norway I've got only attestation, but now official papers came. 

Do I mentioned that I hate ID photos? :D

My new profession's certificate

So officially I have got new licensed profession - fitness instructor :) 
Beside the right to lead fitness hours I can also organise sport competitions and instruct in use sports equipment (also at the gym). Hell yeah!

"Me and my step" photo ;D

To celebrate that I lead step hour in the morning ;) 
We did simple step choreography with strength training - approximately 15 minutes of choreography followed by 15 minutes of exercising and repeated this sequence. 

One hour, 570 calories burned. What a nice beginning of a day! Have a good one!