Wednesday 6 July 2011

Final miles, train rides and a first glimpse of night...

So here I am, how many miles later? I'll work it out in a min... but the national library of Norway has kindly provided a comfy seat and FAST INTERNET! to bring you this update, but unfortunately not enough permissions to actually access any photos...

Photo descriptions it is, let your imaginations run WILD people!

  1. 30th June- Set off after a few hours drying from 'Vaselineton' as we came to know it, found more very curious cows by the biggest waterfall yet-got sprayed. 
  2. Made epic sandwich
  3. Saw a duck headed mannequin outside a kiwi supermarket
  4. Learnt that bags of pasta do not survive 4ft drops
  5. Got an 11pm ferry in daylight (just), camped on a perilous yet perfect patch of grass by the quay
  1. 1st July - Raining again but very very warm, riding the end of the old postal road
  2. Found the warmest ferry waiting room in history, possibly doubles as a sauna
  3. Made epic sandwiches
  4. Spend a silly amount of time getting into Bergen thanks to the guessing game that are city cycle paths
  5. Found 'ICE- George Town' (google it, oogle it)
  6. Found a very convenient campsite, ate, collapsed.
  7. Job done! 2220km later, we can declare a ZERO PUNCTURE success (forgetting the triple spoke failure)
  1. 2nd July- One awesome sleep and a 48 hour 'Bergen Card' later, we hit the city in perfect sun
  2. We posed by fountains
  3. We wondered why there are so many unhappy babies being squirted by fountains
  4. We watched Bob get stuck on a unicycle
  5. Became awestruck at the tall alleys between huge old timber buildings
  6. Drank beer
  7. Received Ukranian vodka! 
  8. Drank Ukranian vodka
  9. Cooked a pizza and bought more beer. 
  10. Found a sauna
  11. Couldnt believe our luck!
  1. 3rd July- We didn't have headaches, so we went back in to the city!
  2. We faced lions and tigers, and a strange little rat
  3. Realised we'd been in museums for far too long!
  4. Went to the cinema!
  5. Took silly photos with 3D glasses on lamp posts
  6. Made epic sandwiches
  1. 4th July- Independence day- highly celebrated in America, 100% irrelevant in Norway.
  2. Found the Maritime museum! 
  3. Held big ropes
  4. Got on our  7 hour train to Oslo, featured in Harry Potter we're told! (Cloud, Sun, Lightning, Sun, Cloud)
  5. Arrived at midnight, used the remaining 3% of iPhone battery to find the best campsite possibly ever
  6. Took the Oslo photo with our tent, slept.
  1. 5th July- City time once again!
  2. Saw many naked statues with babies on a bridge... we're sure there's a story behind these...
  3. Ate frazzles
  4. Sat on cannons
  5. Drank £10 beer
  6. Slept
  1. 6th July- Back to the city!
  2. Norwegian awards, as nominated by us (needs the photo really!)
  3. Found boxes from InterSport, the most helpful sports shop across Norway...
  4. Said our goodbyes...
So Dunph is in the airport for the night attempting the all nighter (lacking phone alarm battery) for a 7am flight and I'll repeat the airport run tomorrow for my evening flight. We've also learnt that Oslo Airport is about 70km from Oslo, not so easy with bikes!

So maybe I'll get photos up in Edinburgh, but until then...

Norway, it's been a pleasure!

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