Our first 'out of England trip' was this past weekend in Oslo, the capitol of Norway. Another first was that we used a new form of accommodation called couch surfing where someone puts you up on their couch for free after meeting them and making sure they are normal and all (completely safe). Oslo was a lot smaller then I had imagined for the capitol city but it was lots of fun and really interesting. We had no knowledge of Norway going into it but left with a desire to go back and explore. The trip began at four in the morning London time on Friday so that we could catch out coach to the airport. Minor delays at security since they were giving us a hard time, as if we were a hop skip and a jump away from being terrorists. The rest of the weekend was complication free, we took a tour of the Fortress, and the National gallery (where the original Scream is located), we walked every street imaginable to see all their unique buildings like the royal palace, the University, the Town Hall, the Parlement, and the National Theatre. We did some casual shopping, as Norway is probably the most expensive Country, but none the less found some deals since I am my mothers daughter. The Saturday night our couch host Kristian made us dinner, a traditional Moroccan meal since his family owns a house there. He is Colombian but adopted by Norwegians who own a house in Morocco...very culturally diverse. He also took us to the Ice Bar in town which was lots of fun and our only night out as we have become old grandmas and enjoy our sleep too much. The most Norwegian thing we did was we watched the soccer finals between two Norwegian teams. The game was even in Oslo which was too bad we didn't know sooner and get tickets, but instead watched at a local pub with all the rowdy fans. The morning of the game we were on the tram and a bus drove by us escorted by a police convoy and it was ironically the team that won later that day so they clearly won because we saw them. All in all the trip was a success, now back to school. I have next weekend off from any travels so that i can get a paper done and study for a test but then I am off to Turkey to visit my friend Stefanie.
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