Thon Trondheim Hotel

... booking, we discovered where we had to head. Luckly just after reaching the hostel, the heavens opened and it chucked it down.
We had only booked to stay for one night as we are making our way up to Tromsø. So during the day (right now) we visited the only sights that are here. The Nidaros Cathedral and the old town and ...

... to be a tad spartan in terms of places to lay out comestics or shaving gear. The shower takes some navigation as it is tiny, but extremely functional. The food service is splendid with open buffet in the morning and lunch while dinner is a set menu. Expect to find salmon, cod, herring, various cutfisk, reindeer, surloin, crab and other fine offerings placed before the willing diner. If a passenger accepts "the offer" and pays 209 NOK upfront, the ...

... speed of 160km/h seemed to only be acheived on rare occaisions, during the odd straight section. I didn't mind the slower speed of the train but it grated against Steve. He feels even scenic trips should be restricted to a 2 hour maximum travel time so the almost 7 hour journey to Trondheim was not to his liking. In terms of the scenery, we climbed slowly until we reached mountain plateaus in the middle of the trip and began to descend again. It didn't snow at all during the ...

... amazing fish soup. Piled high in the centre with so much fish in it, before going to a coffee shop to wait out the last hour or so until the train left at 11:30 10 minutes after departing we stopped in the middle of nowhere and the ticket collector came around. We thought that they must have stopped the train to do this but 15 mins later the message came across that the engine was broken and that they were waiting for a new engine.

... moose's so that was very exciting! There we have to find out about the ferry to Turku, Finland, fingers crossed its not going to be too expensive we hadn't looked into it and didn't realise it took 16 hours to get there. Apparently the day ferry is cheaper than the overnight one, which isn't really ideal but may have to be the go if it is considerably cheaper. We will write again from Finland - Love Josh & Kitty Mileage - 900 miles

... for the day. This will take us about 400 miles south to Oslo. We are beginning to become more familiar with this route as it takes us across spectacular valleys, mountains and rivers. The seven hour ride went fast. I was able to use a free table to update our Russian and Estonian databases for the Bible Study course. Johnnie Lambert will be going to Estonia January 14th and I wanted to get the latest to him as soon as I arrive home. It took about ...

... 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 ...

Seid gestern sind wir komplett in unserer WG, denn Anna aus Mazedonien ist gestern angekommen nach einer langen Reise. Sie studiert soweit ich das verstanden hab etwas mit IT-Security?!?! Kann mir noch nicht so richtig was drunter vorstellen, klingt aber sehr interessant und aktuell. Wir sind also vier Maedels: Norwegisch, Mazedonisch (was spricht man da eigentlich?) und 2x Deutsch, als ziemlich multikulturell. Anna ist sehr nett, sie ist auch heute erstmal ...

The 15 hour train from Bergen to Trondhiem is very beautiful, unless you are trying to sleep in the middle of the night. I should say middle of the night with some tongue and cheek as it really didn't get that dark and was only that way for about an hour or so. I love the land of the midnight sun but not where you are on a crowded train trying to sleep. We arrived in Trondhiem early in the morning and found a hostel to stay at near the city ...

... not totally exhausting yourself. Saw the typical churches, forts and parks. Lots of really cool colored houses with a New England style to them (they pretty much make up the entire country). Saw some guys slack lining in the park and joined them. I haven't slack lined in a long time (if you don't know what it is, check out www.slackline.com, its basically tight roping on a flat rope) and I was totally sucking. Their names were Rein ...