Fru Scholler Hotell Trondheim

... to be believed, this furniture business is definitely upscale.<br><br>Morning found the MS Nordkapp moored at the wharf in Trondheim. Trondheim has about 160,000 souls, a thriving ship building industry and a well respected university (apparently about 20,000 students or so if one of the students I asked can be believed). Trondheim, like Bergen, was the capital of Norway in the 13th century. A 20 minute hike brought one to Nidaros Cathedral, the gem of ...

... from over 1,000 years ago, among other things. Bodo was heavily bombed in World War II (2/3 of the town's buildings were destroyed) so it has a very post-war feel to it.<br><br>Thanks to the diverted course, we arrived in Stokmarknes, home to the Hurtigruten museum, at around 8pm instead of 1:00 am. As a consolation prize for the change in itinerary ...

... out our plan for the small city. I hit up the free internet to prepare for the next day's activities and do some blog work while Steve hit the streets to explore the local area. When he got back we ventured onto the cold streets to find something for dinner. This ended up being Maccas for the 2nd time, in what was a pretty funky store on the main square in town. Yesterday was another early (for holidays) start as we had to catch another train. Breakfast at our hotel here in ...

5:00am Saturday morning 2 Americans and an Irish man jumped on a train to embark on a 7 hour train ride headed directly west of Sundsvall Sweden; destination, Trondheim Norway. First we slept basically the whole ride there, but when we woke up a few hours from Trondheim we say beautiful country side that formed Norge. As we stepped off the train it was rainy and we were hungry, so we found our way down to burger kind for lunch where i payed 89 Norwegian Krowns for a burger meal. about 10 USD ...

... octagon (original from the late 13th century) that used to hold St. Olav's shrine and which drew pilgrims from all over Europe, up to the base of the green, copper tower you can see in the pictures (we climbed over 170 very small, dark, spiral stone stairs to get there) for a fantastic view of the city and the fjord, and finally down into the crypt where we saw ancient tombstones. We also thoroughly enjoyed ...

... On the trip we meet and talk to Ivan, a Norwegian university student going back to school in Bergen after the holidays. He has been to the United States visiting Chicago and seeing relatives in California. While we've had lots of time on trains, we have also found them relaxing and don't feel wrung out - even after many hours of travel. On this train we were able to get a Komfort class upgrade for $5. Finally, a bargain! We get free coffee or tea ...

... Entschuldigung an alle Norweger, die das lesen, aber norwegischer Kartoffelsalat, ist so nach dem Motto: wer die Kartoffel findet, gewinnt! Als die Jury durch war, durften dann auch die anderen was vom Kuchen abhaben und ich glaube, der ist sehr gut angekommen. Gegen halb zehn wurde es dann spannend. Verkündung der Sieger!! Es gab einen Preis für die beste Präsentation. Den haben die Belgierinnen gewonnen. Sie hatten ihren Tisch ganz auf das Thema ...

... war das ganz nett, zwar gegen die Strömung, aber die war nicht sehr stark. Bis vor uns so eine kleine wirklich unscheinbare Strömung auftauchte. Wir haben geschlagene fünf Minuten gebraucht, um da durchzukommen - und waren hinterher ganz schön fertig. Und am Ende wartete ein kleiner Wettkampf auf uns. Es galt eine Stromschnelle soweit wie möglich hochzufahren. War gar nicht so einfach, aber wir sind ...

... people lived. Obviously this all happend on a Friday night when Norwegians pack up shop until Monday. We got ourselves a rental car to checkout Trondheim. A Daihatsu with a mouse and a rubber band for an engine. All the excitment of waiting in to find a cause to the bikes failed lead us to relax in the cinema. (spiderman 3 of course ...

... from the way the Americans or Dutch celebrate it. One major difference that I noticed is that they unwrapped their presents on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. Presents... Not my thing. People give each other presents on birthdays and with Christmas only because they are expected to do so. You can't come to a birthday without a present, because people will think your greedy and cheap. So you come with a present, just to save your own face. Giving presents out ...