Blogs from Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway, Europe - page 19

It’s quite remarkable that I’m able to type fluently at the moment - I thought that the crowds were quite tame (albeit large) back on Independence Day in Reykjavik. Little did I know that (seemingly) all of Iceland was waiting for last night to party it up. Since I've been staying on one of the main streets (more pedestrian than car traffic), I do expect lots of noise… but an outdoor concert, on the street, in front of the bar (which was diagonal from the hostel) STARTING at 11pm? Oh, and throw in a bunch of soccer fans with blow horns. Lovely. Any other night would’ve been cool, but considering I had to catch the airport bus at 5am this morning, I was a little less forgiving lol. One of my dorm-mates was also planning on ... read more

Sekken er pakka! Etter mykje fram og tilbake, og søken i forskjellige butikkar møtte eg drømmesekken. Ein 75 liters Bergans Trollhetta. (Heldige meg som har ein kompis som jobbar på sportsbutikk. Takk Øyvind ;) ) Der er til og med eit regntrekk i lokket på sekken som følgte med. Ganske greit sia eg reiser rett bort i regntida. Har leita land og strand etter sydvesten min her heime, men eg får nøye meg med ein god gammaldags vietnamesisk hatt når eg kjeme fram. Kleda er impregnert med myggspray, og både solkrem, myggnetting, pass, pengar og pilettar er pakka fint og flott nedi sekken. I flysekken min har eg selfølgelig tatt med meg Lonely planet boka, litt skiftety, samt passande lesestoff. Eg har då og vore so freidig at eg har pakka med solbrillene mine :D ... read more

Norway welcomed us with the frosty arms of a chilly windy with fleks of snow breathing down our necks matching the chill in my heart of the impending financial crisis I felt was imenent. This mattered little however as the exitement of sandy joining us warmed us like a sleepness night before santa comes when your 6. The fear of overpriced watery bear lead us to stock up on as many spirits as we could in england before we left. This turns out to be a good idea for anyone who is thinking of coming up here, but a bad idea if your pack is allready in the super heavy weight category, clocking in at around 19,2 Kg and your backpackers is at the top of a deceptively steep hill. The packers I mention is a ... read more

Emma and I finally escaped the volcanic ash cloud that stopped flights from leaving or entering the UK for six days and arrived today in Oslo, Norway. I will write more about my semester at LAMDA when I have more time, but I want to stay up to date with this current journey. Sorry about my ridiculous lack of entries throughout the semester... So to begin: the initial plan for studying abroad in London was to come home the day after the course ended (April 17th) and go back to the real world and my American life, but shortly after spending time in London and falling in love with it, I realized that this was the perfect opportunity for me to do some traveling throughout Europe after school. I realized I had both the time and ... read more

After my organized spring break trip through school I jumped on a plane to Oslo from Berlin. I wanted to spend some time up north in cooler weather and also wanted to see the mountains and fjords of Norway. My mother’s family is from there and some still live near Oslo. When my flight landed it was pretty late and I had to take a speed train from the airport into the city and then walk to my hostel from the train station. My hostel was near the center of the city, so it was easy to find with a good map and near the things I wanted to see. I was supposed to be there for 3 days, with one of those days a side trip to Drammen. The first morning I slept in a ... read more