Heidi Hansen Trondheim

... importance and one of northern Europe's greatest Gothic memorials. It is reasonably drab on the inside (too Lutheran for my tastes) but the outside facade is spectacular. The grounds are great and the Bishop's digs well wrth the stroll. Trondheim has a old fortress which is a nice hike past brightly coloured houses (with stunning doors in blue, yellow and red). It provides for some decent photography and some features worth viewing such as German WW ...

... museum was open until 11pm. It was actually a very interesting history of the Hurtigruten line and the way that it has grown and evolved over the years. It even included a decommissioned boat from the early days when travel was, at the same time, more luxurious and more rough.<br><br>Coming next: Tromso and the most northern point in Europe<br> <br>

... is something new for me: a bag hung on the door at 6:30am containing sandwhiches, apples and orange juice. There are 3 flavours of sandwhich to choose from and you must let reception know the night before if you want anything other than the standard ham and cheese. After breakfast we walked back to the station to take the 8:20am train into Sweden. The service was operated by a Norwegian BM92 2-car diesel railcar, with Norwegian crews to the border town of Storlien. As a joint ...

... SOOOO expensive! we needed to find our hostel to leave our stuff for the night, we had no idea where it was at. So when all us fails ask the tourist information. We found the Center of town where you can find anything there. In the direct center of town was the founder of Trondheim in 900 something. Our hostel was located a 15 minute walk outside of town and as we discoverd on a tall hill. We were not excited about hiking up the hill for our stay, but once we got to the top, we could see an ...

... Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum. This outdoor museum sprawls over 40 or so acres of preserved land, and contains many old buildings from Trondheim as well as the Trøndelag countryside. The buildings are arranged so that as you walk around and through them you can see as well as feel what this area looked like in the early 17th century (the earliest buildings) through the late 19th century. We had a beautiful ...

... We are overwhelmed. Coffee at the restaurant car costs $5 a cup so this upgrade pays for itself. On the Trondheim - Oslo train the lady serving asked if I wanted a large or small cup? I wanted to know the price. She brought out two cups....one small and one large and explained the one was large and the other was small. I was not going to get into a discussion earthly matters such as cost in Norway. For two more ounces of hot water I paid 50 cents ...

... abgestimmt, mit kleinen Geschenken und Pantoffeln und so weiter. Wirklich sehr toll, vielleicht bekomme ich noch ein Foto davon. Dann die Preise für das beste Gesamtpacket. Nummer drei: Amerika!! Haben sie verdient, war gut und auch schön dekoriert. Nummer zwei: Italien !! Wir sind alle der Meinung, dass wir das Tiramisu besser gekonnt hätten, aber ok. Nummer eins: WIR!!!!!!! die schwarzwälder kirschtorte hat gewonnen! Jaaaaa!!! Es war einfach ...

... alle ohne zu kentern wieder in ruhigen Gewässern angekommen. Für die zweite Runde wurde die Gruppe nocheinmal halbiert und wir durften uns Namen und Schlachtrufe für die Teams ausdenken. Dann haben wir verschiedene Spiele gegeneinander gemacht und das Siegerteam musste immer den Schlachtruf zum besten geben. War echt lustig. Und dann kam das worauf ich schon die ganze Zeit gewartet hatte - nicht das ...

... Monday the BMW man looked sideways at our beast and showed her a big hammer. Low and behold she roared into life! (he had tried the technical approach but still no life in her) As my mate Willie Nelson once sang. "On the road again!" My butt was starting to get used to a descent seat again so just as well we were back on the bike.

... true friendship or love doesn't seem to happen very often. I don't live up to the expectation that I should buy presents. I don't. I really don't. I'm not buying someone a gift only because it's Christmas. What kind of person thought of that idea, anyway? He must have had some sincere brain damage, if you're asking me. And I told the family that I didn't want to receive any presents, either. To them it was very weird not to buy their house guest a present and they bought ...