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They had trolls everywhere
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Where to begin, how about four hours before we thought the plane left, only to look at our boarding passes to realize our flight was leaving in two hours. We broke Joan's one cardinal rule, "always leave at least two hours at the airport" Sorry mom! Well we made it, and made it to Oslo, only to discover that the airport hotel we booked was at the other Oslo airport, so we took a three hour train to get there, but we made it in good spirits and went straight to bed.
FRIDAY
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This is as much of the jump I could
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There is nothing better then a free hotel breakfast! Legit, soo good, eggs Benedict with bacon instead of ham (i mean what could be better?) We rolled out of the hotel and took the train to Oslo, then hopped on the metro to the SKI MUSEUM! (you guys can thank me later for keeping this part relatively short, it was the coolest thing i have ever seen!) The museum was incredible, so after soaking up every bit of ski knowledge my brain could handle we went to the top of the ski jump. They were doing some construction on it because they are hosting the international ski jumping championships this winter, but it was huge and awesome! From there we went to the sea-side to check out the city hall and the shipping port. It was so pretty! Then we walked around in search of a thrift store to grab ourselves some Norwegian sweaters. There were honestly so many cool ones, everyone I know was going to get a cool sweater, but then i remembered i didn't have a billion dollars... so sorry guys! Armed with a cool sweater we were completely ready to live the Norway dream, so we literally hopped on a tram to the city center to a market place and then to check out the Cathedral. On friday and saturday nights it is open from 4-midnight and has music and all of these cool candles so it was pretty spectacular to say the least. Then we began our trip back to the hotel.
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| A typical house in the olden days |
SATURDAY
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| Viking Ship |
Breakfast! woohooo! Then we went to the Norwegian Folk Museum which like the one in Stockholm was a lot like Sturbridge village. There were a ton of cool typical Norwegian houses we could go in and see, and a working farm. Then we went to the viking museum where they had three original Viking ships and a ton of artifacts that have been found through the ages. Then to the Kon-Tiki museum (a norwegian man who sailed across the pacific ocean in just a reed boat. Then we went to the Fram Museum, which was the actual boat that went to both the north and south pole. This museum was sick because the entire boat was in the building, and then on the side they had an "experience the Arctic" which was a maze that had a rocking ship deck, and ice caps ect. It was so much fun! Then we went to the Maritime Museum where we watched a video about Norway's connection to the sea, it was pretty cool, and that is when i decided that Norway was the prettiest place i have ever seen! Then exhausted we made our trek right into our cozy beds!
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Chels on the ship that went to both
the poles! |
SUNDAY
Yup, breakfast was still worth mentioning, especially because this time it included Nutella waffles! Then we started our extended journey to Oslo and then to the other airport. The train ride was really cool because unlike last time when it was dark (and yes it was only 4:00) we were able to see all of the different landscapes of Norway. Then hopped on our plane home to Edinburgh.
And incase you were wondering, everyone in Norway is the most beautiful person i have ever seen! Blond blue eyes, straight out of a runway show!
Bright and Early this morning I hopped on a bus to Narin. It was a three and a half hour bus to Inverness then a forty five minute bus to Nairn. When got there I somehow found the B and B... although it didnt take long, the town is not all that big (and by that i mean it is tiny!) Then I walked around the town and went to the beach. My first mistake was going to a very small town on a sunday. The next one was going to a tourist town that closes down in the beginning of November.... but it was still fun. The beach was beautiful! I went to the classroom for dinner, and got a goat cheese and tomato tart and roast beef... soo yummy! The food was incredible, but the highlight of my dinner was when a super drunk girl (yes it was 6:30 at night) said to her friend (very loudly) "who is that girl who is our age, and why is she eating alone, she must be a lowlife with no friends". My waiter, who was my age, and everyone else in the bar/restaurant heard and he came over and asked if he wanted me to tell her that i was visiting a place where my family was from. And I told him no, and he politely replied, yeah that is probably for the better, she is drunk in here often and probably actually is not going anywhere... It was great!
