Vigeland’s Wangs, Jasna, castle, photo, Vikings, Death Rock. Oslo. Tue 25 – Wed 26 Sept

In two days this was probably the most… visiting as a tourist fueled occasion. Leaving reasonably early in the morning I had the chance to see Vigeland’s Sculpture Park with Ingjerd. This place is really surreal. A guy had spent endless years creating these sculptures in the park. I think it was by the start [...]

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A Flam from the Past, Oslo. Mon 24 Sep

Hah, I didn’t realise that the town was actually separate from the bay of Flam. That was the tourist region. Hmm, it did seem so small. my train was today so it would not be possible to go to the real town… or even see the closer site that attracts many tourist: The chapel. I [...]

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Ferry Bergen to Flam Fri, 21 Sep – Sun 23 Sep

With one more night left at YHA Bergen, I thought it time to enjoy some cuisine of Norway… well, knowing the price of food in Oslo, I assumed Flam was going to be one damned expensive place. I ended up just going to one of the supermarkets where the typical food seemed not to be [...]

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To Bergen… short term company, long term friend. Tue, 18 Sep – Thu, 20 Sep(The story of Peggie)

Getting to Oslo, I kind of wandered, the aim was to eventually get to the hostel I’d booked at the end of my Burkina Faso adventures. I was pretty aware of the costs of Norway and thought even public transport was a no go. I think with the 35kgs or so of gear, the journey [...]

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Eindhoven. 15 Sep, Sat – 18 Sep, Tue

So, firstly after a couple of years I intend to actually pump out the blog of my travels. So, over the several days in Eindhoven a diverse outdoors experience was central to the experience. Joran was busy with his final research project, which actually got him a round trip to Tenerife for a conference. So, [...]

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