Destination: Airport Desolation
So we had our one night stay in Glasgow. We stayed in a travellodge, a little splurge from normal but we had to catch a plane the next morning so we thought it best. That night we went and saw Red Eye at the Cineworld. Cineworld is a 40 story building ALL THEATRES!!! Oh my, I was in heaven. We left the next day to fly to Oslo, Norway. We left very early and went to the bus depot where we purchased our tickets to the airport. Got to the airport 2 hours before our flight left.....and then realized that the woman at the bus counter had sent us to the wrong airport. AHHHHHH!!!. So we quickly found someone who directed us on how to get the right airport which involved taking a taxi to a main train depot then taking the metro to the airport. We got to the airport at 11:17 for our 12:00 flight. Ran down to the check-in and they told us we had to go somewhere else, they lied. They had in fact just closed the check-in for the flight. We were next in line but we didn't know so we were not allowed to leave on that flight. You have to check in before 40 mins before your flight. 39 and your out of luck. The people there were very sneaky because we were in line or queue for the flight but they were not being nice that day and cut off the line right before us. Hmmm. Well we had to pay an extra 80 bucks and had to leave on the next flight the following day at the same time. So... we are at the airport and have no were to stay for the night...so we decided to brave it and sleep at the airport. We found a nice cozy spot upstairs and spent the rest of the day reading, looking around and sleeping in the airport. It wasn't the best night sleep but it wasn't that bad. Lucky for us the seats were cushy. See photos below. Oh yeah and right about 11:30 they had a fire alarm. So we had to wake up and run outside with everyone. In the morning we were the first to check in and flew to Oslo. PS. Ryanair charges for food on their plane. Crazy huh. Luckily we had food.
Norway was nice. We landed late so we had to stay at a hotel. Expensive but did the trick. The next day we found a nice campsite right outside the city with a nice bus stop right in front. We camped there for the next few days and took the bus into the city. The campsite was nice. It had stoves you could use, clean bathrooms, and nice people. There was also a great little supermaket right next door. Well enough about camping. Norway was a neat city and we will have to spend more time there when we have more money. Norway and Sweden are very very expensive. Expect to pay lots. On our first day in Norway we went to the national museum. It was nice, small but had some really nice pieces including the famous "Scream". Its a nice free place to visit. We also visited the central bibliotek or library where we got to use the internet for free for an hour each. While eating some lunch we wandered into a public square where a group was dancing. Confused by the message of the performance we stayed to see what was going on. We quickly learned what their dancing was about and who it was about. See picture below for answer. The next day we spent more time walking around sight seeing. We caught a train which was a deal at 500 kroner the bus was 650 we were happy that the woman at the train depot told us about the youth rate. Note to self always ask for the youth or student rate. I am good at that at the theatres and will try and use my student ID until I no longer look like my picture. Oh yeah don't trust the information people in Norway. I had a bad feeling about them when they said that all the hostels were full and most of the hotels were full but they knew of one they could book us a room for 1,000 kroner. We didn't believe them and looked for ourselves and found 5 out of 6 places had plenty of room. Camping really is the way to go. Our train to Sweden was fast and comfortable. We got there with plenty of time to find the campground and take the metro to it. Well that's all for now stay tuned...
Now the pictures:
Cineworld: Great theatre
Our plush stay in Glasgow.
We have to stay where!!!!??????
Yeehaw for airport camping!!
Changing of the guard in Oslo
Dancing??? Hmm..
Ahh that's who they are dancing for...They got me again!!!
Camp Oslo.
Taco night at camp Oslo.
A paper flower tree for my sister. Awww
Norway was nice. We landed late so we had to stay at a hotel. Expensive but did the trick. The next day we found a nice campsite right outside the city with a nice bus stop right in front. We camped there for the next few days and took the bus into the city. The campsite was nice. It had stoves you could use, clean bathrooms, and nice people. There was also a great little supermaket right next door. Well enough about camping. Norway was a neat city and we will have to spend more time there when we have more money. Norway and Sweden are very very expensive. Expect to pay lots. On our first day in Norway we went to the national museum. It was nice, small but had some really nice pieces including the famous "Scream". Its a nice free place to visit. We also visited the central bibliotek or library where we got to use the internet for free for an hour each. While eating some lunch we wandered into a public square where a group was dancing. Confused by the message of the performance we stayed to see what was going on. We quickly learned what their dancing was about and who it was about. See picture below for answer. The next day we spent more time walking around sight seeing. We caught a train which was a deal at 500 kroner the bus was 650 we were happy that the woman at the train depot told us about the youth rate. Note to self always ask for the youth or student rate. I am good at that at the theatres and will try and use my student ID until I no longer look like my picture. Oh yeah don't trust the information people in Norway. I had a bad feeling about them when they said that all the hostels were full and most of the hotels were full but they knew of one they could book us a room for 1,000 kroner. We didn't believe them and looked for ourselves and found 5 out of 6 places had plenty of room. Camping really is the way to go. Our train to Sweden was fast and comfortable. We got there with plenty of time to find the campground and take the metro to it. Well that's all for now stay tuned...
Now the pictures:
Cineworld: Great theatre
Our plush stay in Glasgow.
We have to stay where!!!!??????
Yeehaw for airport camping!!
Changing of the guard in Oslo
Dancing??? Hmm..
Ahh that's who they are dancing for...They got me again!!!
Camp Oslo.
Taco night at camp Oslo.
A paper flower tree for my sister. Awww
posted by Seth and Amanda | 5:21 AM
6 Comments:
dad was fucking obsessed with the norwegians. "i found them friendly." he told me this long-ass story once about some girl at a hotel he stayed who pranced around in petticoats or some shit and gave her boyfriend a butterfly kiss while he was asleep in a sunny orchard. it was all very idyllic sounding. thanks for the paper flower tree picture. i don't get what those guys are doing...fucking fucking facking ryanair. didn't i tell you not to use them? didn't i tell you what happened to donielle and me? the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. so we get to the airport outside of london, and we get on the plane to dublin all right, but i didn't know that you're not supposed to book ryanair flights back-to-back. so i booked them back to back and thought that they would transfer our luggage for us like when you have to change planes in normal places like facking america. but noooooooo. not only do you have to go get your own luggage from baggage claim, you have to go through customs to go get the fucking things, and then come back through. so of course we missed our plane and then we got in a fight with the nazi look-alike ryanair employees and it cost us around 200 dollars in the end. the best part was when donielle rather forcefully tossed her credit card at the ryanair employee and she made her hand it to her nicely or wouldn't change our flights for us. then we slept in the dublin airport. not exactly the most auspicious beginning to my trip last summer. i hate ryanair with a fiery passion, not least because they sell mars bars for 4 euro???!!!!! i started volunteering at a clinic which provides services to homeless peoples. it's nice. i love you!!
by "i didn't get what those guys were doing" i meant the dancers in oslo.
i thought i used too much profanity so i was going to edit but now i can't. i think that joe person above might not be real. but don't tell him. he thinks he's real.
You guys are having too much fun.We love the pics. Sorry you will miss Grandma's reunion.Gonna wash out your mouth with soap Livi.Be safe.
Bill,
It has rained quite a lot here...and basically everywhere. It doesn't bother us too much. I love the rain and all of our gear is rainproof.
My fave was the pics you guys took of all the boots and stockings people wore. For Halowe'en, I will be "Polish", complete with stiletto boots with the jeans tucked in, crazy sweater with fur collar, and the top (only the top) layer of my hair dyed bright orange.
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