First Ambassadeur Drammen

... stalls, street performers, happy kids, and pubs charging double their usual rates. I and my new like-minded friends were there for only one reason of course, Norways internationally forgotten one hit wonder Lene Marlin. She was the opening act of the Elvesfestival, on stage at 7pm to get the crowd buzzing with her deceptively deep pop hits before the folk dancers and jug bands came on. The venue was a small leafy park enclosed by medium sized apartment ...

... Lene Marlin fans, and a Portuguese one, stayed at Bogstad camping in a cabin... so on Wednesday night we had a good time in there getting to know each other while drinking some very watery tasting Norwegian beer. The one bit of sightseeing I did do was to the Munch museum and National Gallery, both were must dos for me. Edvard Munch is probably my favourite artist and many of his most famous works were on display at both galleries (he often made many ...

... two separate single rooms. Everything is SO expensive here in Norway!!! Over $16 for a pint of beer and $8 for a pepsi!! Despite the cost we have had a fun day today with a brief cruise on the fjord followed by a bus tour to Vigelland Park with hundreds of sculptures of naked people! Then on to Oslo's 60m high ski jump (we got hot ...

... Pervez offering to mail it to Toledo, I told him not to bother. It's funny - I expected to be disappointed, but really felt nothing. I guess it's the whole "What the hell, it's a shot in the dark" approach I took to it. Of course ... it's entirely possible that Pervez DID make it to Toledo, but fell in love with Isabel instantly and decided to keep her for himself! But I could never blame him for that - it's a completely ...

... Jeg sender denne mailen til dere grunnet desperasjon, lei hverdag, og savnet > etter og jobbe i et bra team med kreativt arbeid. > Kort sagt: vi må få i gang noe snart, ta opp tråden med gamle kontakter, > grave opp i gamle ideer, og prøve og få i gang no fett. > > Jeg er så ekstremt lei av denne hverdagen, jeg er så lei av folk som setter > foten forran meg og sier "kjenn på tå`a om den passer`a", og jeg må b ...

... pints before i crashed out as soon as my head hit the pillow. The next morning we walked back along the cliffs to Seaford and our train. The cliffs are called the "7 sisters" and are like the white cliffs of Dover except much more spectacular. In fact in many films the 7 sisters are used as the back drop for the white cliffs of Dover. With a light mist coming in from the sea they were in majestic form that morning. It had been a great few days and it was a little sad to be ...

... Well it ended up being a few drinks so we had fun. We then took the last metro home and Anders stopped by quickly at my place for one last glass of wine. Well, this is it, last night in Oslo, in my own bed, under the snow, or whatever crazy weather this city feels like... In a little bit more than a day I will be in INDIA!

Sekken og kofferten er pakket og vi er klare for avreise! Drar fra Oslo 11.45 i morgen, med mellomlanding først i London, så i Hong Kong før vi kommer til Kuala Lumpur hvor vi skal være i 3 dager. Blir en lang tur, er ikke framme i Kuala Lumpur før  klokka 19.00 mandag k veld.  Men vi gleder oss! Vi kommer til å oppdatere her når vi kan, og legge inn noen bilder etterhvert også. Torill og Elisabeth

We flew from England to Oslo to start our journey. We only spent 3 1/2days in Norway as it was so bloody expensive...for all you beer lovin aussies cop this, $13.00 for a pint of local beer. Bloody outrageous!!! Other than the price of beer and food we did manage to a have a good time. We saw most of what Norway has to offer in terms of scenery by doing a day trip called Norway in a Nutshell. Basically we took a train ride through the country side then went on a boat ride ...

... a local open-air museum with petting zoo. We also checked out the Viking museum in Oslo which I remember finding especially interesting. There were big boats to see and the mighty Vikings were just an interesting group of people. There was also much ice cream eating throughout Oslo's parks-a theme that became common on the rest ...