PIcs and Memories in Norway
Trip Start
Aug 20, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 18, 2008
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Trondheim,
Trondelag,
Norway
Monday, November 17, 2008
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! SOOOO expensive! we needed to find our hostel to leave our stuff for the night, we had no idea where it was at. So when all us fails ask the tourist information. We found the Center of town where you can find anything there. In the direct center of town was the founder of Trondheim in 900 something. Our hostel was located a 15 minute walk outside of town and as we discoverd on a tall hill. We were not excited about hiking up the hill for our stay, but once we got to the top, we could see an awesome view of the city and harbor or Trondheim. We spent the rest of day touring the city and getting lost in what we could do. I really wanted to go ice skating on a mini ice rink they had in town, but for some reason there was only tiny little kids on it so i would of felt kind of out of place a bit. The three big things to see in Trondheim is Nidaros Cathedral, which has been there for 1000 years; The Archbishops Palace, and the Royal Crown Jewels Regaila. For a package we could see all 3 for 100 NEK. But they were all closed by the time we got there on Saturday so we were counting on being there when they opening sunday afternoon.
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A day and a half was perfect for us to see most of the city. It's a smaller town that has a wonderful spirit; and it was amazing to spend my time there with two amazing fun people. Sean and Brooke were two great people that i really enjoyed spending my time there with them. Sean was great at being our leader when Brooke and I had no idea where we were going. Our Hostel stay was quite interesting with people staying up all night drinking throughout the hall ways. We enjoyed a movie on Sean's laptop that night. Pan's Labrinth was our feature presentation and I had never seen it before, i really enjoyed it. I loved listening to all the spanish and being able to understand it a bit. I understand it more than Swedish still. ;) We set out Sunday Morning to Find the Leiv Erikson statue replica that is also found in Seattle. So i was the leader for that since, it's what i wanted to see, and yes you can say i failed at getting us there. We walked all around outside of town by the water to see it but we missed it by a couple road signs, that i must of still been sleeping when we were walking because we walked right by them. Yes Sean and Brooke made fun of me after we came back at 3:00 in the afternoon to see it again. It was getting time to get to the Crown Jewels so we continuted down the Jeti but kind of came to a dead end where the train tracks cross the water back into town. So we didn't want to walk all the way around so we jumped the fence and ran across 5 or 6 different train tracks. It was very exciting actually and Brooke and I felt like such badasses! ;) We continued with our badass selves to see the Crown Regalia and Brooke wanted to take a picture inside of the jewels, but of course it's against the rules.
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So she took one without the flash and in the next 10 seconds there was a security gaurd walking up behind us to protect the crown of the king of NORWAY! Trondheim is where all the royalty has been crowned in Norway. At the Archbishops palace they had all the original artwork from The Cathedral including sculptures from the outside of the building. There was the orginal flooring of the Mint where archeaologist found the tiles and room of where the coins where made. So much OLD stuff! there was original walls fromt he original palace that was there. The Cathedral was just as gorgeous as you'd imagine it to be. It is an Evangelical Lutheran Church, but it wasn't always; it used to be a Catholic church. There was soooooo much detail into everthing there it was unbeleiveable. There are 57 statues on the outside of the building alone; of differetn saints, apostles, disciples, and of course Jesus. After we had finished seeing everything we could in town, we thought we would try to find the Statue again from the beginning of the day. I let Sean lead the way and of course he got us there with out a problem. We were freezing from the Ocean wind but it was a perfect end to our adventure in norway. We all peered out into the ocean where Leiv Erikson first departed from to go to America. During my adventures here, it really has been a mind opening experience and at the same time it makes me wish i could stay longer here because there is just so much more to discover in Europe and the world. But it also gets me really excited to be home soon and back in the company of people i love.
