Britannia Trondheim

... quarter. It is a small town here, but holds a nice tourist free feel to it.<br> We are now making the most of having the freedom to roam as in 3 hours, we will embark on a 28 hour journey up to Tromsø in the Arctic Circle.<br><br>P.s. Many thanks to all that are reading our blog, and remember that you can leave comments.<br>

... to be a tad spartan in terms of places to lay out comestics or shaving gear. The shower takes some navigation as it is tiny, but extremely functional. The food service is splendid with open buffet in the morning and lunch while dinner is a set menu. Expect to find salmon, cod, herring, various cutfisk, reindeer, surloin, crab and other fine offerings placed before the willing diner. If a passenger accepts "the offer" and pays 209 NOK upfront, the ...

... marks the crossing point. We were scheduled to go on 2 different expeditions (Chris and Melanie on a rafting trip and Jim and Martha on a glacial expedition), both of which were cancelled due to stormy weather. The boat also had to change its course. Although we were originally supposed to go to the Lofoten Islands (which Melanie was especially ...

... for the 100 or so kilometres of unelectrified track from Trondheim. Despite this, with the Swedish crews, our train continued through Sweden on the now Mittbanan line across the mountain plateau. The line here is straighter than the Norwegian sections so we could pick up a bit of speed. Constant loud honking of the horn through the many unprotected crossings proved annoying for many passengers. At Östersund the Norwegian train was to terminate and passengers could connect to ...

... going. Our Hostel stay was quite interesting with people staying up all night drinking throughout the hall ways. We enjoyed a movie on Sean's laptop that night. Pan's Labrinth was our feature presentation and I had never seen it before, i really enjoyed it. I loved listening to all the spanish and being able to understand it a bit. I understand it more than Swedish still. ;) We set out Sunday Morning to Find the Leiv Erikson statue replica that is also found in Seattle. So i was the ...

Hallöchen, an alle Norweger: gratulerer med dagen!!! Hier also jetzt meine Bilder, Videos und Eindrücke vom 17.mai dem norwegischen Nationalfeiertag. Gefeiert wird die Verfassung von 1814. Das Ganze ist wie eine riesige Geburtstagsparty, also ganz Norwegen hat heute Geburtstag. Es geht morgens zeitig los mit einem offiziellen Teil. 10.00 gab es hier in Trondheim dann barnetoget, den ...

... unexpectedly a few times. We were told that we hit some kind of animal and stopped for that, too. But, we arrived in Geilo only 20 minutes late. We had called Elsa who is in Geilo now and asked if someone could meet us at the train station because we had no idea where to go. As it turned out we didn't have their correct address, so we would have gone to the wrong place. There was Monday and Elsa waiting for us at the train station. There was deep ...

... the place looking dodgy as all hell. But then again when the approached us, the didn't approach for long - I hadn't shaved for a least a week and probably didn't look that crash hot myself (yes, more than usual) :) We got a pizza at a local joint that seemed to have digeridoos lodged in the roof. Strange. Didn't get to see much of Oslo, except for dodging trams occasionally. Will spend another day here on our way back down ...

Um das schöne Wetter voll zu nutzen, hatten Anne (meine Mitbewohnerin) und ich beschlossen nach Munkholmen auf die Insel zu fahren. Am Kai, wo das Boot ablegt, haben wir dann noch einige aus meinem Sprachkurs getroffen. Die Insel scheint echt beliebt zu sein, aber nicht wegen der kleinen Festung darauf, sondern weil das so ne Art Stadtstrand ist. Da kann man auch superschön im Fjord baden gehen. Was einer der Gründe war ...

... to see a lot of the country side in both Sweden and Norway! While in Trondheim, (the city of the Viking King), we saw a famous church, the first bike lift in the world, the fortress on top of the hill, one of the King and Queen's palaces, the fjords or cliffs, and the folk museum. Then, the beautiful Fall drive back to Sundsvall!