Norway Days 8 and 9

So we took the Norway in a Nutshell tour... and it was great! The tour started on a double decker ferry, with comfortable seats next to big windows where you could relax and read or listen to music while watching the fjords go by. But on the upper deck was where you could stand in the open air and sit in the sun and take pictures. Which I did a lot of. The fjords were big and beautiful and green, some snowcapped. The boat made a few stops by small towns in places that seemed very remote. At the final stop, we got off and read magazines for a few hours while waiting to catch the first train we would be taking.

This train ride was an hour long and took us through the fjords over a land route, so we were very close to them, and we took a 5 minute stop by a raging waterfall. I did take a picture. On the next leg of the journey, the final 6ish hour train ride, the view was different- we rode through an extremely remote part of Norway that I couldn't believe people actually lived in, the houses were few and far apart. Everything was snowy and icy and I can't imagine how these people got food. 

Then we arrived in Oslo! I actually like this city because it isn't too big. Now I am sitting in a bakery with wifi, near a bookstore where I bought a book yesterday. I thought it might be nice to read it if I went to the park again, which is how we spent the day yesterday. Marte came too. Me and Nora made necklaces and headdresses out of flowers and then we all stocked up on snacks to have a picnic on the grass. The park itself was very pretty, and since it was one of the sunniest days Oslo has seen for a long time, everyone keeps telling us how lucky we are. 

After the picnic we walked through the park some more to look at the statutes and fountains, and all the people with their disposable grills... everybody uses them! There are entire garbage bins, which are enormous, just for disposable grills. It seems pretty wasteful to me... but I was still wondering why we don't have them in America until I realized that on most camp areas and parks there are already real grills built everywhere... you just have to bring coal. 

Well the rest of the day we just relaxed at Nora's and played games. Nora is muy funny! :) LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Today she is at a wedding... so we will throw a wild party in her apartment while she is gone.