Gt Rainbow Hotel Arena Lillestrom

... out that Medwin was an awesome cook, and he made a stirfry with shrimp, sweet and sour tempura shrimp and this tasty rice. They continued to insist that I eat more, but after a while I proved to them I was totally full when the scale showed that I had gained 1.5 kg in the last half hour. After this, they decided to to take me to Oslo downtown and look at all the beautiful building lit up. They took me to a gorgeous hill where ...

Despite a good night's sleep (my roommates aren't noisy but the traffic is), I have lost the will to visit all of the museums I've planned to today. Even though they're free, I'm not interested enough to visit. These include the Forsvarsmuseet (Armed Forces Museum) and the Doga (Norwegian Centre for Architecture & Design). Instead I went to see Oslo's newest landmark, just opened, the Opera House. From there I walked along the seafront via the ...

... of Puffins and where you can see how half the town was destroyed by a volcano about 40 years ago, but I was to buggered and my wallet said no also. Since Tuesday I have been in Oslo and my money woes have continued. This has been a very expensive week. The exchage rate with the NZ dollar is 1 to 4 kroner, however nothing for sale in the supermarket is below 10 kroner, and the cheapest you could hope for a meal at a kiosk is 60 kroner, but more like 80. Plus ...

Morning brought increased traffic noise but less shouting to our peach cell. We didn't have time to stop off for supplies last night, so ate a breakfast of dry rolls, ham and cheese while the 2 english girls sitting next to us enthusiastically moaned their way through their fry up. grr. Not much of a practial nature to be done today so headed out to explore. First and ...

... although it was already 10PM, the sky was still so bright that I had mistakenly thought it was still late afternoon (~5PM). Since Oslo lay at the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, the long summer evening light seemed to be eternal. But I had to get some sleep since tomorrow, I would be heading to the heartland of Norway. So I thanked Judith and said good-bye to her. Tomorrow, an active adventure in the majestic fjords was waiting for me...

... everybody going the other way. In-fact it had been awhile since Callum had seen anybody doing it north to south. When he asked me what made me think of doing it that way my only response was that its because I'm Irish and we like do things the other way around. He seemed to get a good kick out of that one and even though they were busy he shuffled people around so that i could have a room to myself. That night was spent in the company of other walkers doing the trail ...

So today I road the train\bus with mel to work and then wondered around the city. I went to the galeria which was fun. I walked a lot and traveled around on the busses. I met up with mel's frind Talj... (NO idea how to spell his name) we walked around the city and I am starting to get used to it. It as Mel says is very much like san fran. and is easy to get around. everyone is very nice and speeks english. After ...

... denne sommeren, derfor er gleden ekstra stor for å kunne slikke litt sol og få prøvd speedo'n (som jeg så søtt har gledet meg til å bruke siden den lå under juletreet for nesten et år siden.) Det som man alltid frykter ved å reise med charter er at flyet er forsinket. Vi har jo det i minne de fæle historiene fra noen år tilbake om kansellering, teknisker problemer, kaos og venting. Men, det er et tilbakelagt kapittel, ikke sant? Tro om igjen min venn, tro om igjen. N ...

... until recently and that this was where most of the people of Oslo lived and that we were heading into the actual city of Oslo, which was older, etc. It took us a long time to arrive to the hostel but when we did I had a very hefty bill to pay for the taxi driver. I didn't expect for it to be that high (close to about 100 dollars US) and it was heartbreaking for me to give all that money to the taxi driver just for a ...

... that I find (or rather, the opportunities that keep falling into my lap) astound me, and just keep getting better and better. Early on during this spring semester (can you believe that I just finished my junior year?!), my dear Norwegian professor and academic advisor, Dr. Claudia Berguson, and I started to discuss our impending research project on Norway's cultural influences for its participation in peacebuilding around the world. Dr ...