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 ...

... and provisions to last 5 years. In Oslo, Marilyn and Bill opted out of the maritime museums and visited Vigeland Park, an open air display of over 200 nude sculptures by the famous sculptor, Gustav Vigeland. The existence of this lovely park and its somewhat shocking depictions of naked bodies in every state of life and emotion struck those who visited it as somewhat ironic in that by nature the Norwegians are quite reserved and conservative in nature.

... it's closed then when I'm going to turn on the next street I see a sign that seems like it's a one way. Well the streets are so bad and sloped that I drop the bike as I make a quick stop not to turn. Someone comes to help me ( a young woman who was on a motorcycle) but I have a full tank of gas and the bike is sloping down towards the curb to make it worse. Well, as she was pushing hard to get the bike up, so did I. I knew right away I was at the ...

... Al. Incredibly the train broke down, which seems a fitting end to our trans-continental train journey, considering the way it started (by plane). So our late arrival into Oslo at 1am, in a pretty intense thunderstorm, wasn't the best but the rest of our stay in Oslo was great. Norway isn't big on air-conditioning. Apparently it doesn't usually get this warm and air-con is a redundancy for 95% of the year. Still when you're on the top floor of a hostel in a room with 7 ...

... V (1299-1319) did Oslo become the capital city. However, it had a very short-lived capital status. The death of an heirless Håkon in 1319 marked the virtual end of Norway as an independent country until 1905. Tracing the intricate Scandinavian royal family tree, an heir was found in Sweden, and soon, Erik became not only the king of Norway but also of Sweden and Denmark under the grand Kalmar Union in 1397. It was during this time that ...

... of course cricket. I went to sleep that night contented to finally have the first proper days traveling behind me and that my trip was now well underway. I also slept well knowing that the next big days activity was already in the bag "the cricket". On the Wednesday was the first official day of the English county championship. Surrey were playing Lancashire and courtesy of Derek i discovered it was going to be the first match marking the return of Freddie Flintoff from injury ...

... transistor radio, was playing Monkeys and the colors were ugly as ever. Unfortunately descriptions of all these replications were in Norwegian, all but the date conception. The Museum consumed a good 3 hours of my time in Norway, and I really wanted to see the peer of this port city. Nearby was a bay that I walked to find sailboats and freighters harbored in the bay with a backdrop of Oslo. I caught the bus back to town and made some ...

... I haven't been up to a whole lot. We got bicycles last week so I've been biking all over town, usually just to class or the grocery store. The weather has been fantastic for the most part, so biking isn't a problem. It has been getting a little cold out, but not too bad yet. I've been eating a lot of sandwiches over here, so I'm not spending a lot on food. However, beer is another story. It's incredibly expensive over here (its taxed 25% by the ...

... 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 ...

... about to take any responsibility... After dinner, we had to return our cooking things to reception, and on the way down the elevator broke down with a few girls in there (it may it may not have been our fault when we impatiently pressed buttons...). I told the chick on the desk, and she didnt seem to phased and continued serving people. When it got to me, I said 'um you may want to check on the elevator, they seemed pretty scared...' she still ...