Norway

That was a long last blog, wasn't it? Are you ready for another? Ok well Gothenburg: Gothenburg was a pretty nice city with I must say some very good museums -and I've been in a lot in the past couple of months so you know I mean it! I seem to be developing quite a taste for modern art especially photography (now I bet you never thought you'd hear me say that!) so I enjoyed that and the Museum of World Culture was surely one of the coolest museums I've been in in a while. Check out the webpage, see if it seems as cool to you: http://www.varldskulturmuseet.se/smvk/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=126&l=en_US I particularly liked "83 ways to change the world" I also first experienced how much nature there is to be found in Scandinavian cities -I kept turning corners and coming across mini mountains! Anyway, made a few new friends in Gothenburg then onwards to Oslo. At Oslo, my sense of direction decided to take a little holiday of it's own so although my hostel shouldn't have been hard to find, it took me nearly 5 times longer than the actual walk itself :-( but hey, anyway. Umm...I enjoyed Oslo although the prices made me seriously consider giving up eating! They were even expensive compared to England, people and that is saying something! Not much else to say for Oslo really. Wandered around a bit! Kept getting talked to by gorgeous guys in what I presume was some form of Norwegian which I must say was not unpleasant lol! Oh. I went to the Norwegian Folkmuseum which basically they had transported old buildings from all over Norway and put them here in an outdoor mini village with the staff dressed up in traditional costumes and traditional dancing. Anyway, quite a nice day out in suburban Oslo though you wouldn't believe it. Cities don't get very big this far north. Then: Norway in a Nutshell. This was a bit of a splurge but it was well worth it. It included train Oslo- Myrdal, the Flam railway to yes you guessed it, Flam. A fjord cruise to Gudvangen, a bus to Voss -including the steepest road in Norway, and a train to Bergen. Now all that may not mean that much to you but these routes are, as my guidebook says, some of the most scenic in the world. They have to be seen to be believed. (If you go here: http://www.fjord-tours.com/video.asp?tur=nin there are some of the views) A very very packed day but so beautiful. I would recommend it to anyone. Overnight in Bergen -which seems quite a friendly city but smallish (only 235000, a midget lol! No, it seems smaller than it actually is but I'm getting used to big cities. Good for when I go to Birmingham, perhaps?) which was good fun and then this afternoon the whole of the Oslo-Bergen railway -all seven hours worth and on to Stockholm tomorrow. Oh and who would believe it could be hot in Oslo? Boiling compared to recent weeks. And this midnight sun thing is really throwing me off! I keep waking up a 3 in the morning thinking I've overslept!