Category Archives: Norway

As you may have guessed at this point, I, Suaram, will now be writing on the blog regularly. (And when I say regularly, I mean about once a trip.) All right. With introductions out of the way, it’s time to talk about the important part – our day in Bergen. This morning, we woke upContinue reading “Bergen, Norway; Day 2”

Our day began in Gudvangen where we enjoyed the hotel breakfast buffet which had relatively few weird Scandinavian food offerings.  We did watch a woman pour liquid yogurt into her coffee but we couldn’t tell if it was an intentional act or a traveler’s mistake.  In Gudvangen there is a Viking Village which is adjacentContinue reading “Bergen, Norway; Day 1”

The famous route from Oslo to the southwestern coast is known as ‘Norway in a Nutshell’. We started our own version of this today by taking the train from Oslo SentralStajion. The 4 hour journey winds through fjord valleys dotted with small towns. There’s also the occasional ski jump facility – very strange looking inContinue reading “Gudvangen, Norway; Day 1”

We were naturally delighted to be greeted by clear blue skies this morning as we left our charming flat in the Fredensborg neighborhood. The plan today was to prioritize the outdoor sites and visit the indoor museums if the sky opened up. The Vigelandsparken is a large park containing over 200 granite, bronze and wroughtContinue reading “Oslo, Norway; Day 2”

We spent last night on a ferry between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea – first on the Kattegat Strait and then the Skagerrak Strait. About 7am we made our way into the Oslo-fjord for the remaining three hours until we docked. This was our first – but not last – Norway fjord forContinue reading “Oslo, Norway; Day 1”