"In the afternoon we descended the slope, which brought us to Noresund in the evening. Here we crossed the Sound by ferry. As the wagons were driven out on the ferry with us in the wagons, I'll admit we were a little scared, and so were the horses. In fact, the horses were unhitched and the drivers held them that way. Reaching the opposite side we discovered there was no convenient place to stay for the night. So the horses were again hitched to the wagon, and we continued on our way expecting to reach Vikersund later that night and from there continue by train to Oslo the following day."
Excerpt from Sigrid's account of her journey to America, written in 1919.
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