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Thursday, May 24th 2007

13:36

Norway pictures

Last week's trip to Norway was absolutely amazing! I loved it and had loads of fun. It would take ages if I talked about everything now, so I decided to just post some pictures and then say something about them. Besides, a picture says more than a thousand words.


This was at the harbor in Oslo. Many people I talked to before we went to Norway said that Oslo is not so special but we really liked it. The weather was great and Oslo is a really beautiful city.


This was in Vigelandsparken in Oslo. It is a park full of human sculptures and some of them are really cute.


Here's another cute sculpture


Luise, me and Leandra in the park


On our way to Bergen we stopped at a nice lake. It was beautiful but nothing compared to what we would see the next couple of days!

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Later that day when we were looking for a crater. But of course you had to pay to see it and it was already closed. Not that we would have paid, though


Still the same day. The guy in the tourist office in Oslo told us that after Geilo there still was snow and that we should try to find a camping spot before that. Of course we didn't really take him seriously and that's what we got for doing it: 3m of snow!  We got a little worried because it got quite late and the snow did not seem to end, but then...


... we found this spot. It was not that high up anymore but still it got really cold. I wasn't freezing because my sleeping bag was really warm but I woke up a couple of times because my nose was cold.  However, this was one of the most beautiful places where I had ever spent a night! We even had a river close by where we could clean our dishes and brush our teeth and stuff. It was probably also the coldest water I had ever cleaned my dishes in!


The first fjord we saw!  The water was so calm and the weather was so nice that it just looked like a postcard, really beautiful!


Bryggen in Bergen. It was National Day when we were there and everyone was either really dressed up or wearing traditional costumes. It was really pretty!
And Bergen is a really beautiful city, very cute. It is said to be one of the rainiest cities in the world but once again there was no cloud in the sky when I went there.


me in Bryggen


Then we went up the mountain Ulriken. On top a marching band was playing. They just looked like British soldiers and we couldn't figure out why...


Me up on the moutain.  The view over Bergen was really amazing!


Up there was a troll with whom we HAD to take a picture.


Before we left Bergen, we bought some candy. Everybody had it that day, so we had to try it. And let me tell you, it was really yummy!


That night we slept on "troll island". It was so pretty but didn't really look typically Norwegian. But if we had seen a troll there, I would not have been surprised at all!


The next day the weather was not that good anymore, it was quite rainy. But the nature was still very beautiful and impressive!


We stopped at the fjord to eat lunch and then had to clean our dishes somehow... Since it was quite windy it was not easy at all. But it was fun.


Same place, now it was picture session time.


That night it was impossible to sleep in a tent because it was pouring down... So we stayed in a little cabin on a tiny camping site. What you can see on the picture is the attempt to try our tent a little bit.
The owner of that place must have thought that we are a little weird or something: First we didn't have enough Norwegian money to pay, then we overslept (about 3 hours!!!) and last but not least we forgot some of our food in the fridge... *lol*


That's what people are doing when they are in a car for almost a week...


The weather still wasn't any better but the view was still amazing


That was on the last ferry we took to get across the fjords. In the beginning we were planning on doing the ferry trip through the Naeroyfjord but then the weather was really bad and it is also super expensive.


Saturday during the day the weather cleared up again. We then took a small road beside the big one and came across this beautiful stave church. It is almost 900 years old! Unfortunately you had to pay to see it from the inside but the girl who tears the tickets told us that there is nothing really special inside; just wood


This is what E-roads look like in Norway... Everywhere else they are one of the roads with the most traffic ever but in Norway it's sometimes even only one lane...


The Valdres valley. It was really beautiful with all its lakes and the mountains with the snow in the background.


That's where we spent our last night. We thought this land belonged to no one but all of a sudden there was a guy coming up to us and asked what we were doing. He said it was ok but we had to promise not to litter or to make a fire. Later on that evening his dad also came and we talked a little. Before he left, he invited us to his house for coffee the next morning!  That was definitely my favorite part of all our Norway trip!


The next morning before we went to that family's house for coffee. We had to enjoy the sun!

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Posted by Mari Andersson:

Beautiful pictures, especially the fjords! I should really go to Norway again soon... Beautiful scenary.
Tuesday, May 29th 2007 @ 11:34

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