Happy Easter!
A little updated is needed.
I went to Hamburg from the 12th - 15th of March. I went with Adam and visited our friend Kaddy there. We explored around Hamburg and one day in Lübeck. I really enjoyed Hamburg. We were told that buildings which seems newer than the others are buildings that had to be rebuilt because the old building that used to stand there were destroyed by the war. It was a great few days in Germany once again.
Christina and Martina came and visited Örebro for about a week. They spent 2-3 days in Örebro and then we went to Malmö and Copenhagen. Malmö was a very nice place with a great atmosphere. Copenhagen is a very beautiful city. It also has a good atmosphere, but the only difference is that it's a bigger city than Malmö. However I think I like Copenhagen the most out of Oslo, Helsinki, and Stockholm. So if you ever get a chance to visit Copenhagen, then I think you should! Many great memories were created on this trip and this was yet another great trip.
In the next few weeks I will be quite busy with my Outdoor Education Class. We will be going camping, skiing, ice fishing, caving, rock climbing, survival skills, horseback riding, etc, etc. So I'm quite excited! Soon my exchange will be over, it went by soooo fast! But I can't wait since Virginia and Lara are coming over to visit and then the three of us and Hayley will be going on a cruise around the Mediterran! Wohoo!!!
Later Gator.
Ytam.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Entry #17 - March 8th, 2009
I think it's about time I stop putting this updating business off.
So a lot is to be updated. However I will keep it short since I know you all won't want to hear all about every single detail that has happened since my last update. Okay, let's begin, shall we?
Trip - To Austria and Czech February 11th - 22nd, 2009
I was gone for 11-12 days on a mini vacation. I had the most fantastic time. Some say because I got to meet up with Christina again, that might actually be true. So I was suppose to stay about 4 days in Linz/Walding, then another 4 days in Vienna, and then a day in Brno, Czech Republic, and then another 3 days in Prague. Things changed. I got sick and so we stayed 5 days in Linz/Walding and 3 days in Vienna. Surprisingly I enjoyed Linz more than Vienna. Every single day of our trip, with the exception of Brno, we got snow! It got to the point where it was annoying :P. But Brno, we had really nice weather so that was awesome! So, Christina travelled with me all the way to Prague, and we met up with Martina in Brno, and then finally met up with Klara in Prague. What a reunion eh? But Prague was beautiful as everyone has said. And plus, everything in Czech is extremely cheap! I was in wonderland!!! People should probably visit Czech before they take Euro and bump up their prices...
Trip - Lappland.
Amazing trip even though it takes about 15- 20 hours of train ride to get there. I got to visit the Ice hotel, drive my own dog sledge, go snow-shoeing, go caving, and most important, WE SAW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS! It was so breath-taking. This trip was definitely worth going. I manage to do so many activities that I otherwise would not get the opportunity to do or the guts to do. So it was an excellent experience!
This month is my busiest month, in accordance to education (finally eh?). But I will be visiting Hamburg, Germany to visit AK. I will be gone from March 12th - 15th, 2009! That will be my escape and my much needed getaway. I haven't experienced stress ever since I got here, and now it finally hits. :( But I cannot wait until March is over. Oh by the way, I'm planning on booking another trip at the very last week of March, any ideas? If you do, be sure to tell me!
Til later,
Ytam.
So a lot is to be updated. However I will keep it short since I know you all won't want to hear all about every single detail that has happened since my last update. Okay, let's begin, shall we?
Trip - To Austria and Czech February 11th - 22nd, 2009
I was gone for 11-12 days on a mini vacation. I had the most fantastic time. Some say because I got to meet up with Christina again, that might actually be true. So I was suppose to stay about 4 days in Linz/Walding, then another 4 days in Vienna, and then a day in Brno, Czech Republic, and then another 3 days in Prague. Things changed. I got sick and so we stayed 5 days in Linz/Walding and 3 days in Vienna. Surprisingly I enjoyed Linz more than Vienna. Every single day of our trip, with the exception of Brno, we got snow! It got to the point where it was annoying :P. But Brno, we had really nice weather so that was awesome! So, Christina travelled with me all the way to Prague, and we met up with Martina in Brno, and then finally met up with Klara in Prague. What a reunion eh? But Prague was beautiful as everyone has said. And plus, everything in Czech is extremely cheap! I was in wonderland!!! People should probably visit Czech before they take Euro and bump up their prices...
Trip - Lappland.
Amazing trip even though it takes about 15- 20 hours of train ride to get there. I got to visit the Ice hotel, drive my own dog sledge, go snow-shoeing, go caving, and most important, WE SAW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS! It was so breath-taking. This trip was definitely worth going. I manage to do so many activities that I otherwise would not get the opportunity to do or the guts to do. So it was an excellent experience!
This month is my busiest month, in accordance to education (finally eh?). But I will be visiting Hamburg, Germany to visit AK. I will be gone from March 12th - 15th, 2009! That will be my escape and my much needed getaway. I haven't experienced stress ever since I got here, and now it finally hits. :( But I cannot wait until March is over. Oh by the way, I'm planning on booking another trip at the very last week of March, any ideas? If you do, be sure to tell me!
Til later,
Ytam.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Entry #16 - February 9th, 2009
Just a little update.
I will be going to Austria and Czech on the 11th of February until the 22nd of February. 11 days!
I will update all of you on my trip when I get back and have time. I will try to update my trip to Austria and Czech before I leave for Lappland on the 27th of February.
All the best.
And sorry to hear about the devastating fire that has caused a lot of deaths, injuries, and damages.
My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Ytam.
I will be going to Austria and Czech on the 11th of February until the 22nd of February. 11 days!
I will update all of you on my trip when I get back and have time. I will try to update my trip to Austria and Czech before I leave for Lappland on the 27th of February.
All the best.
And sorry to hear about the devastating fire that has caused a lot of deaths, injuries, and damages.
My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Ytam.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Entry #15 - January 20th, 2009
I'm back in town! Back from Berlin! Boy oh Boy, was Berlin awesome. It could so far be one of the best cities I've visited in Europe. What made it so awesome was the city itself (it was absolutely stunning), the people (they were extremely nice), the transport system (uber convenient) and of course the history! As we all know, Germany is filled with many tragic memories that creates such great history. The world wars, Hitler, and of course the split between the east and west Germany by the Berlin Wall. What is scary is that it all happened not too too long ago!
I went to many attractions and I even got the golden opportunity to visit a concentration camp. This was a great tour, getting to know what life was like in one of the many concentration camps that Germany had. It very sad and tragic but I learned a lot through my experience at the Sachsenhausen camp.
The people are unbelievable there! If at any time, we looked confused or we said something that made us sound like we weren't 100% sure, at least one person would come up to us and ask if we needed help, if we were okay, or if they could do anything to help us.. etc. It was nice to know that people are so willing to help tourists!
This trip makes me want to learn German even more! So you never know! And plus, I have a new roommate, she's from Austria! So I have many opportunities to learn the German language! But that's it! Pictures can be found posted in facebook. Enjoy and comment on them! :)
To all, I highly recommend everyone to visit Berlin if they ever get a chance to! It's definitely worth going! That's for sure!
Next adventures: to conquer Austria (probably for 11days!), and then Denmark!
Tschuss.
Ytam.
I went to many attractions and I even got the golden opportunity to visit a concentration camp. This was a great tour, getting to know what life was like in one of the many concentration camps that Germany had. It very sad and tragic but I learned a lot through my experience at the Sachsenhausen camp.
The people are unbelievable there! If at any time, we looked confused or we said something that made us sound like we weren't 100% sure, at least one person would come up to us and ask if we needed help, if we were okay, or if they could do anything to help us.. etc. It was nice to know that people are so willing to help tourists!
This trip makes me want to learn German even more! So you never know! And plus, I have a new roommate, she's from Austria! So I have many opportunities to learn the German language! But that's it! Pictures can be found posted in facebook. Enjoy and comment on them! :)
To all, I highly recommend everyone to visit Berlin if they ever get a chance to! It's definitely worth going! That's for sure!
Next adventures: to conquer Austria (probably for 11days!), and then Denmark!
Tschuss.
Ytam.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Entry #14 - January 7th, 2009
Wow! Time has sure pass by very quickly! It's already the new year! I hope all of you had a nice holiday, had a great Christmas, Boxing Day shopping, New Year's Eve, and of course, New Years Day itself.
I had a quiet time here in Sweden. But it was nice nevertheless. We all thought Sweden wouldn't experience a white Christmas this year but suddenly on the 24th or sometime around there, it snowed! Wohoo!
For New Years, we just gathered all (well, most) of the exchange students who were staying in Orebro and had a small party. I have posted pictures up on Facebook for both Christmas and New Years, so if you haven't checked them out, then maybe you should!
I have quite the amount of places lined up for 2009! And boy am I happy!
As many of you already know, I'll be going to Berlin on the 14th of January to the 17th of January! I will be going with Niki on this trip. It should be quite fun! Don't worry I'll take lots of pictures!
Also, I just bought tickets yesterday to Austria to visit Christina. But I've only bought the ticket there and haven't purchase the ticket back. This is because we don't know our class schedule yet, and we won't know until about the 20th of January and I believe class starts on the 22nd of January. So a few more weeks of holidays! hehe But yay to Austria. That should definitely be a very very good trip!
I am also planning to go to Lappland, to a city called Kiruna! It is Sweden's northernmost city and is located 145km inside the Arctic Circle!!! I am planning to go with the ESN board from February 27th to March 3rd, 2009. This is what the trip will look like:
Day 1: When we arrive in Kiruna, we will then visit the Ice Hotel!
Day 2: Visit caves and go DOGSLEDGING!
Day 3: Optional Activity (Ice Wall Climb!, Snow Shoe, Skiing, Visit Lakkta Station, Freetime)
Duing the nights, we will be watching out for Aurora Borealis! so wohoo!
So hopefully I'll plan more trips out. This is soo exciting! hehe I hope everyone is enjoying their first week of school HA HA HA! is all i've got to say! hehe
Toodles!
Ytam.
I had a quiet time here in Sweden. But it was nice nevertheless. We all thought Sweden wouldn't experience a white Christmas this year but suddenly on the 24th or sometime around there, it snowed! Wohoo!
For New Years, we just gathered all (well, most) of the exchange students who were staying in Orebro and had a small party. I have posted pictures up on Facebook for both Christmas and New Years, so if you haven't checked them out, then maybe you should!
I have quite the amount of places lined up for 2009! And boy am I happy!
As many of you already know, I'll be going to Berlin on the 14th of January to the 17th of January! I will be going with Niki on this trip. It should be quite fun! Don't worry I'll take lots of pictures!
Also, I just bought tickets yesterday to Austria to visit Christina. But I've only bought the ticket there and haven't purchase the ticket back. This is because we don't know our class schedule yet, and we won't know until about the 20th of January and I believe class starts on the 22nd of January. So a few more weeks of holidays! hehe But yay to Austria. That should definitely be a very very good trip!
I am also planning to go to Lappland, to a city called Kiruna! It is Sweden's northernmost city and is located 145km inside the Arctic Circle!!! I am planning to go with the ESN board from February 27th to March 3rd, 2009. This is what the trip will look like:
Day 1: When we arrive in Kiruna, we will then visit the Ice Hotel!
Day 2: Visit caves and go DOGSLEDGING!
Day 3: Optional Activity (Ice Wall Climb!, Snow Shoe, Skiing, Visit Lakkta Station, Freetime)
Duing the nights, we will be watching out for Aurora Borealis! so wohoo!
So hopefully I'll plan more trips out. This is soo exciting! hehe I hope everyone is enjoying their first week of school HA HA HA! is all i've got to say! hehe
Toodles!
Ytam.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Entry #13 - December 2nd, 2008
Hej Hej!
I just got back from my trip to Helsinki. We were on a cruise ship which was absolutely fantastic. There is a picture of Moomin (Finnish Cartoon) and Santa Claus on the outside of the ship, which makes it THAT much cooler. I went with 11 others, Martina, her friend Barbara, Andy, Klara, Ewelina, Asia, Matt, Thomas, Emilie, Niki, and Christina.
We left on Friday, got a ticket and was going to leave on the 9.45am bus to Stockholm. The bus was full. However, since Niki lost her passport during her trip to Dublin and needed to get the new passport, and she didn't get a ticket early enough before the bus got full, I switched my ticket with her. So instead, I biked back home and came back for the 12pm bus. Got to Stockholm at about 2.45pm and took the city bus to the harbour. Everything went smoothly and voila! we were on the ship! We explored the ship a bit then went to the tax-free shop. The night was pretty laid-back, we just hung out and then we decided to go to the night-club to dance a bit. Afterward, at about 11 or 12 midnight, we decided to go up to the highest level to the teenager's nightclub to dance some more. Ended up staying to about 3.
We woke up at about 8.30 or so to get ready for our day trip to Helsinki. We were met by Martina's friend who was there. He showed us all over and even brought us to Suomenlinna. We then got seperated and it was the Czech group (Martina, Barbara, the guide (Martin), Klara and Andy) and there was Christina and I, and then the rest of the group. We couldn't find the others so we just hopped on the ferry and left them. We tried texting and got an answer.. but apparently, someone was playing a joke and pretended to be Matt. We felt so bad for leaving them but apparently they left the island before us!!! Matt apparently sent a message to Christina (though her phone ran out of batteries) saying "Poland, French, and North America minus Yvette have left the island" or something like that. Christina and I merged with the Czech group for the rest of our time in Helsinki. When we got back on the boat, we found the others taking naps and whatnot. So Christina and I decided to get the party started and bother their "beauty sleep". We got some food and just hung out again. A few people got sea sick because it was pretty rough but everything was okay. At about 1am... Cabin 2071 (Ewelina, Asia, Matt, and Thomas) and their next door neighbours (Cabin 2073) (Christina, Emilie, Niki and I) were talking through a wall and sang "In the Jungle" and lullabys... then suddenly everyone just fell asleep.
Sunday morning, we got off the boat and started our trip back home. Just like Norway, I used Christina as my pillow on the bus. When we got back, Niki, Emilie and I went over to Christina for dinner. Emilie left early to finish her essay while Niki and I stayed from 4.30 to about 12.30. We kept bothering Christina even though she needed to pack for her trip to Lappland the next day! But all in all, I definitely had a good time.
Just to be random, I had hot pot yesterday!! It was delicious!!!
And another plus... my work psych class for today was cancelled!!! Wohoo!!!
Until next time,
Ytam.
I just got back from my trip to Helsinki. We were on a cruise ship which was absolutely fantastic. There is a picture of Moomin (Finnish Cartoon) and Santa Claus on the outside of the ship, which makes it THAT much cooler. I went with 11 others, Martina, her friend Barbara, Andy, Klara, Ewelina, Asia, Matt, Thomas, Emilie, Niki, and Christina.
We left on Friday, got a ticket and was going to leave on the 9.45am bus to Stockholm. The bus was full. However, since Niki lost her passport during her trip to Dublin and needed to get the new passport, and she didn't get a ticket early enough before the bus got full, I switched my ticket with her. So instead, I biked back home and came back for the 12pm bus. Got to Stockholm at about 2.45pm and took the city bus to the harbour. Everything went smoothly and voila! we were on the ship! We explored the ship a bit then went to the tax-free shop. The night was pretty laid-back, we just hung out and then we decided to go to the night-club to dance a bit. Afterward, at about 11 or 12 midnight, we decided to go up to the highest level to the teenager's nightclub to dance some more. Ended up staying to about 3.
We woke up at about 8.30 or so to get ready for our day trip to Helsinki. We were met by Martina's friend who was there. He showed us all over and even brought us to Suomenlinna. We then got seperated and it was the Czech group (Martina, Barbara, the guide (Martin), Klara and Andy) and there was Christina and I, and then the rest of the group. We couldn't find the others so we just hopped on the ferry and left them. We tried texting and got an answer.. but apparently, someone was playing a joke and pretended to be Matt. We felt so bad for leaving them but apparently they left the island before us!!! Matt apparently sent a message to Christina (though her phone ran out of batteries) saying "Poland, French, and North America minus Yvette have left the island" or something like that. Christina and I merged with the Czech group for the rest of our time in Helsinki. When we got back on the boat, we found the others taking naps and whatnot. So Christina and I decided to get the party started and bother their "beauty sleep". We got some food and just hung out again. A few people got sea sick because it was pretty rough but everything was okay. At about 1am... Cabin 2071 (Ewelina, Asia, Matt, and Thomas) and their next door neighbours (Cabin 2073) (Christina, Emilie, Niki and I) were talking through a wall and sang "In the Jungle" and lullabys... then suddenly everyone just fell asleep.
Sunday morning, we got off the boat and started our trip back home. Just like Norway, I used Christina as my pillow on the bus. When we got back, Niki, Emilie and I went over to Christina for dinner. Emilie left early to finish her essay while Niki and I stayed from 4.30 to about 12.30. We kept bothering Christina even though she needed to pack for her trip to Lappland the next day! But all in all, I definitely had a good time.
Just to be random, I had hot pot yesterday!! It was delicious!!!
And another plus... my work psych class for today was cancelled!!! Wohoo!!!
Until next time,
Ytam.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Entry #12 - November 17th 2008
This whole entry is basically about my 4days, 3 nights trip to Norway. Enjoy!
Friday: woke up at 5am so we can take the 6.35am train. Train from Orebro to Kil Station, then from Kil Station to Oslo C. Train rides accumulated to a total of about 5-6hours. Oslo was raining from time to time, but it was not that big, so it was all good. Went to Oslo with Christina, Martina, Martina's boyfriend Otto, Adam, Yuka, Eva, Ulli, and Nora. The last three people only joined us on our trip to Oslo and did not continue on with us to Bergen or the Fjords. They spent 3 days in Oslo instead. We explored the city, went the the Royal Palace, Vigeland Sculpture Park, the National Gallery, and the City Hall. We got lost from time to time but we figured everything out. I highly recommend the Vigeland Sculpture Park, I think that was the best attraction from Oslo. Beautiful, Captivating, Stunning. Martina called her friend who is currently studying in Norway and she showed us around town. Oslo at night with lights! Christmas decorations are slowly visible. It was amazing. At around 11pm, we took a night train to Bergen.
Saturday: spent the whole night on a train. Had a few pillow fights throughout the night. Wasn't able to get much sleep but it's okay, the scenery was fabulous! Snow everywhere, moutains, lakes, and a Christmas tree with lights! The only time I could fall asleep was when I fell asleep on Christina. :P At 7am, we arrived in Bergen, but unfortunately nothing was opened, not even our hostel. So we sat around the train station and waited til 9am then tried checking in again, we weren't allowed to go yet because people were still sleeping in the room. So we just left our bags with them and explored the city. We saw some churches, walked around the neighbourhood, had brunch/tea/coffee. Weather in Bergen was interesting to say the least. It would suddenly rain for about 5-10 minutes then it will stop for 10 minutes and continue. We experience hail, rain, sun and wind in Bergen!!! What a mix! We went to a castle and then there was a thunderstorm! Then out of nowhere, hail began to shower on us!! It was chaotic. Then suddenly everything stopped and we were hiding in a not so good place, so I said "oh good, let's go hide somewhere else", and then i turned to them and added, "watch this, when I step out of this place, it's going to start pouring and whatnot..." and coincidentally, the moment I stepped out, ... yup, it started pouring down on me. What a joke! By noon, we got our rooms, some took an hour nap and then by 2.30 we walked around the city again. We climbed up a huge mountain (we lost 2 on the way, but managed to find them through text messages). The view up top was breathtaking. I will post pictures up on facebook soon. By then, we were all soaked (even with umbrellas!) We decided to go back to the hostel and just call it a day. We had some tea, played some cards, took a much need shower, and slept. The bed were comfy and so was the pillow, so I was definitely happy! The hostel consisted of 4 bunk beds, so we shared with two others strangers who were studying in Uppsala. I slept on the bottom, while Christina slept on the top. In the middle of the night, she needed the bathroom so she jumped from the ladder to the ground and stepped onto Yuka's shoes She was basically in pain, jumping in circles but not letting herself scream. I, myself, being the evil one, let out a few giggles ;)
Sunday: Woke up at 6am, train leaf for Voss at 8am. After arriving in Voss, we went on a bus that took us to the boat that will take us around the Fjords. The scenery once again was beautiful. Very white grounds. It was very sunny, so it was a very desirable day for a boat trip around the Fjords. The boat ride took about 2 hours (will post pictures up later, once again). The Fjords trip ended at a place called Flam (with a circle on the a). We stopped there for about 2 hours and then took a "traditional, old school" train back to Voss. The train took a very beautiful route, white snow, untouched. It was a bit scary though, the train, at one point, started going up a small hill but then after 2 seconds, the train would go in reverse for 5 seconds. We didn't think it was going to make it! hehe We stopped at a station so we can switch to another train that will take us to Voss. There, I did a snow angel (snow eagle) and had a few snowball fights! Once we got back to Voss, it was about 5pm, and our night train home was at 12am. Unfortunately everything closes at 5pm so we were in search of cafes and restaurant. In the end, we decided to stop at a Chinese Restaurant. We stayed there from about 5.30 to 8pm. After that, we made our way to the train station where we decided to waste the night away (waiting for the train) by playing cards and Uno!
Monday: Spend the night on the train from Voss to Oslo. Train lasted from 12am to about 6.30. Slept pretty good, mostly on top of Christina, but I think that was my trick to a good night's sleep on a train. At Olso, we spent an hour waiting for a connecting train ride from Oslo to Hallsberg. Slept for about 1.5 hours out of 4 hours while en route to Hallsberg. Customs were on the train asking for passport, thankfully I remembered to bring my passport. They asked us how long we stayed, where we stayed, if we enjoyed it, where we study, etc. We were kinda out of it because they woke us up in the middle of our sleep. Martina and Otto kept sleeping and the custom officers just asked us if they were with us and we answered with a "yes" and then they're like "okay then, we won't bother them, you can go back to sleep! hehe" At a stop we saw police officers, the custom officers and a kid... I guess he didn't have a passport? The train had some technical difficulties we delayed out trip for about 10 minutes and we had a connecting train that had a 10 minute gap between that train and the train to Orebro. But fortunately the Orebro train waited for us patiently! :)
So there you go, that's my story. Probably the longest blog I've written. Overall, it was an absolutely amazing trip, beautiful country, amazing places, fantastic group of people, what more can i ask for! And of course, we experienced all types of weather (snow, hail, rain, thunderstorm, wind, sun, etc)! It was Yuka's first time with hail. A good time nonetheless. Next place... Helsinki Cruise!
Always having a good time, you should too!
Ytam.
Friday: woke up at 5am so we can take the 6.35am train. Train from Orebro to Kil Station, then from Kil Station to Oslo C. Train rides accumulated to a total of about 5-6hours. Oslo was raining from time to time, but it was not that big, so it was all good. Went to Oslo with Christina, Martina, Martina's boyfriend Otto, Adam, Yuka, Eva, Ulli, and Nora. The last three people only joined us on our trip to Oslo and did not continue on with us to Bergen or the Fjords. They spent 3 days in Oslo instead. We explored the city, went the the Royal Palace, Vigeland Sculpture Park, the National Gallery, and the City Hall. We got lost from time to time but we figured everything out. I highly recommend the Vigeland Sculpture Park, I think that was the best attraction from Oslo. Beautiful, Captivating, Stunning. Martina called her friend who is currently studying in Norway and she showed us around town. Oslo at night with lights! Christmas decorations are slowly visible. It was amazing. At around 11pm, we took a night train to Bergen.
Saturday: spent the whole night on a train. Had a few pillow fights throughout the night. Wasn't able to get much sleep but it's okay, the scenery was fabulous! Snow everywhere, moutains, lakes, and a Christmas tree with lights! The only time I could fall asleep was when I fell asleep on Christina. :P At 7am, we arrived in Bergen, but unfortunately nothing was opened, not even our hostel. So we sat around the train station and waited til 9am then tried checking in again, we weren't allowed to go yet because people were still sleeping in the room. So we just left our bags with them and explored the city. We saw some churches, walked around the neighbourhood, had brunch/tea/coffee. Weather in Bergen was interesting to say the least. It would suddenly rain for about 5-10 minutes then it will stop for 10 minutes and continue. We experience hail, rain, sun and wind in Bergen!!! What a mix! We went to a castle and then there was a thunderstorm! Then out of nowhere, hail began to shower on us!! It was chaotic. Then suddenly everything stopped and we were hiding in a not so good place, so I said "oh good, let's go hide somewhere else", and then i turned to them and added, "watch this, when I step out of this place, it's going to start pouring and whatnot..." and coincidentally, the moment I stepped out, ... yup, it started pouring down on me. What a joke! By noon, we got our rooms, some took an hour nap and then by 2.30 we walked around the city again. We climbed up a huge mountain (we lost 2 on the way, but managed to find them through text messages). The view up top was breathtaking. I will post pictures up on facebook soon. By then, we were all soaked (even with umbrellas!) We decided to go back to the hostel and just call it a day. We had some tea, played some cards, took a much need shower, and slept. The bed were comfy and so was the pillow, so I was definitely happy! The hostel consisted of 4 bunk beds, so we shared with two others strangers who were studying in Uppsala. I slept on the bottom, while Christina slept on the top. In the middle of the night, she needed the bathroom so she jumped from the ladder to the ground and stepped onto Yuka's shoes She was basically in pain, jumping in circles but not letting herself scream. I, myself, being the evil one, let out a few giggles ;)
Sunday: Woke up at 6am, train leaf for Voss at 8am. After arriving in Voss, we went on a bus that took us to the boat that will take us around the Fjords. The scenery once again was beautiful. Very white grounds. It was very sunny, so it was a very desirable day for a boat trip around the Fjords. The boat ride took about 2 hours (will post pictures up later, once again). The Fjords trip ended at a place called Flam (with a circle on the a). We stopped there for about 2 hours and then took a "traditional, old school" train back to Voss. The train took a very beautiful route, white snow, untouched. It was a bit scary though, the train, at one point, started going up a small hill but then after 2 seconds, the train would go in reverse for 5 seconds. We didn't think it was going to make it! hehe We stopped at a station so we can switch to another train that will take us to Voss. There, I did a snow angel (snow eagle) and had a few snowball fights! Once we got back to Voss, it was about 5pm, and our night train home was at 12am. Unfortunately everything closes at 5pm so we were in search of cafes and restaurant. In the end, we decided to stop at a Chinese Restaurant. We stayed there from about 5.30 to 8pm. After that, we made our way to the train station where we decided to waste the night away (waiting for the train) by playing cards and Uno!
Monday: Spend the night on the train from Voss to Oslo. Train lasted from 12am to about 6.30. Slept pretty good, mostly on top of Christina, but I think that was my trick to a good night's sleep on a train. At Olso, we spent an hour waiting for a connecting train ride from Oslo to Hallsberg. Slept for about 1.5 hours out of 4 hours while en route to Hallsberg. Customs were on the train asking for passport, thankfully I remembered to bring my passport. They asked us how long we stayed, where we stayed, if we enjoyed it, where we study, etc. We were kinda out of it because they woke us up in the middle of our sleep. Martina and Otto kept sleeping and the custom officers just asked us if they were with us and we answered with a "yes" and then they're like "okay then, we won't bother them, you can go back to sleep! hehe" At a stop we saw police officers, the custom officers and a kid... I guess he didn't have a passport? The train had some technical difficulties we delayed out trip for about 10 minutes and we had a connecting train that had a 10 minute gap between that train and the train to Orebro. But fortunately the Orebro train waited for us patiently! :)
So there you go, that's my story. Probably the longest blog I've written. Overall, it was an absolutely amazing trip, beautiful country, amazing places, fantastic group of people, what more can i ask for! And of course, we experienced all types of weather (snow, hail, rain, thunderstorm, wind, sun, etc)! It was Yuka's first time with hail. A good time nonetheless. Next place... Helsinki Cruise!
Always having a good time, you should too!
Ytam.
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