Comfort Hotel Park 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>

... br><br>Alesund was the next stop, a place of 40,000 souls with the largest fishing fleet stationed out of its port. After climbing the 418 steps to the top of the Aksla mountain in the middle of and over looking Alesund, one gazes upon a town constructed in the Art Nouveau style. The original town burned down completely in 1904 and this 'new' place is amazing. Wonderful buildings. At Alesund a person is introduced to several sub-sea tunnels ...

... 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>

... tour began in the centre of town fitting our gear and getting told stories about the area before we took the 6-seater chairlift up the mountain. An interesting chairlfit seen from the train on the way in was a combination of both traditional seats and gondolas. From the top of the lift we had to walk/skid/slide down a part of the piste to the cabin that forms the start of the first run. One of our two guides traveled on the wire first, braking their run with their special gloves ...

... us to protect the crown of the king of NORWAY! Trondheim is where all the royalty has been crowned in Norway. At the Archbishops palace they had all the original artwork from The Cathedral including sculptures from the outside of the building. There was the orginal flooring of the Mint where archeaologist found the tiles and room of where the coins where made. So much OLD stuff! there was original walls fromt he original palace that was there. The Cathedral was just as gorgeous as you'd ...

Hallöchen, nachdem ich jetzt auch die zweite Prüfung hinter mir hab, wollte nur mal ein paar Bilder von unserem schönen Frühling zeigen. Sozusagen als Beweis, dass es hier nicht nur dunkel und kalt ist ;) Wir haben eine Woche mit fantastischem Wetter hinter uns, eigentlich mehrere Wochen. Ich weiß gar nicht wann es das letzte Mal geregnet hat. Aber die n ...

... refugee camp in Thailand.. We spent time getting acquainted. Anita's English is very good. She had gone to an English School and it shows. The problem with English for all the immigrants is that that is not that language they use here. They are learning the language of their country, whether it be Norwegian or Finnish and don't' have much practice and upkeep with the English. Anita was married last year. Her husband will be arriving sometime in the ...

... lying around. Got into Trondheim after our 8hr leisurely drive to be greeted with rain. Realised immediately we were going to freeze our ***** off. Found our way to our hostel, where they told us they had lost our reservation. Trying to find accomodation in Scandenavia right now is a nightmare - we assumed that at the end of the summer holidays things would be freeing up, but these sum-deprived people seem to be intent on ...

Ich bin jetzt ein echter Wikinger - oder so!! Um so weit zu kommen, hatte ich gaaaanz schwere Aufgaben zu bestehen. Natürlich nicht alleine, in der Herde oder Horde macht sich sowas immer besser - Herdentrieb und so ... Der erste Part war schwimmen im See, bei gefühlten 35° nicht wirklich schwer sollte man meinen. Die armen Norweger waren glaube ich ziemlich ...

... have fun there. The most well known and oldest paper in Northern Norway, Addressavisen. This paper was started in 1767. Which means it covered the French Revolution, all of Norway's history, and so much more. We were given a complete tour of the building. First, we had a chance to sit and eat lunch (which was a baguette with shrimp and boiled eggs, so good) and had a "run-down" on the paper. It is more then just a paper. Not only does it publish four local papers and two ...