Norway visited.. Roskilde deferred.
Not all of this is going to be in chronological order, so I will start with some of the other stuff.
I caught a chest cold and ended up with hearing problems again! So, since I couldn’t hear and was coughing up half a lung, I sold my Roskilde Tickets to some norwegian couple who had lost theirs on the way through to roskilde, and went to see Norway instead.
Dwelling on Roskilde, am I disappointed? yes. However, that won’t stop me from trying and doing the same thing next year. Hopefully I won’t get sick. I got the cold because I wandered around the streets when it was raining (wasn’t real rain) but I got wet and didn’t dry off in time.
So lets look at Norway. LOTS of blonde people. The further north we went, the blonder people got. I have seen so much greenery, and rolling hills, lots of trees, I even saw Elk (moose for americans). Awesome bridges, and real tunnels, not like the northbridge tunnel, but tunnels through hills, the longest one being 4.8km long.
I saw The Kon Tiki exhibition, with The original balsa-wood raft, I saw the Viking Museum with real longboats, dug out of burial mounds at the turn of the 20th century. Extremely well preserved. Photo’s shortly.
I saw their maritime museum which shows the type of boats being designed, built and used. Some techniques today are the same as they were a thousand years ago. Found out that Herring, which is these days is a delicacy, was nearly fished out nearly a century ago, so now they have all these rules and quota.
No I didn’t try any Whale Steak, not that I looked for any, the price of everything in norway is immense. I paid close to $5 for a small 600ml bottle of ice tea. The cheapest food was of course maccas, so I had some.
The only way to look at everything in Oslo is to buy their Oslo card, which gives free parking and use of their buses and trains and ferries. Also gives you free entry to their museums and art galleries. Definitely worth it. A bit of an open secret, I saw a few americans paying for tickets individually rather than flashing their “oslo” passes like me.
I went to a natural history museum and saw real dinosaurs and stuff. Tyranusaurus Rex. Awesome. Lots of cool rocks and stuff, like why Scandanavia is so diverse. (for a nerd like me that is interesting) Saw their gem display, awesome stuff. And finally but not least, I went to the Munch Museum. I stood in front of some of his pieces, looking at the frantic brush strokes. He did very typical portraits of his parents and sister, and later on, a classic Munch impression of his sister. He did many versions of the same artwork, including “the scream”. The original is still in the gallery, but the one with vivid colours, that was the one that was stolen.
The security was intense, a guard in every room, and your stuff was xrayed, and you had to go through a beep machine aswell. They take their stuff seriously these days. Once more the prices for souvenirs was exhorbitant, however.. I knew this was where my hip pocket was going to be hit, and I accepted those charges gladly.
I think overall, Norway was an excellent choice to visit. I should go again, I want to see the Leprosy museum in Bergen :>
posted by lori at 3:05 AM
2 Comments:
Hammy said…
Sad to hear about Roskilde. One of those things on your lifes list of things to do that hasn’t been crossed out yet.
Bergen is very picturesque. Make sure that you take the train out to Flam and take the valley train down to the fjord - unmissable.
8:28 AM
lori said…
It is on my list of things to do Hammy 
7:47 PM