apriha.com » Norway http://apriha.com Personal Travel Blog Mon, 21 May 2012 05:15:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 From Bergen to Newcastle http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-bergen-to-newcastle/ http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-bergen-to-newcastle/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:41:25 +0000 Andrew Riha http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-bergen-to-newcastle/ After Bergen, my next destination was the UK (specifically Newcastle) by way of the MS Queen of Scandinavia. The ~28 hour journey gave me a chance to enjoy the views of the North Sea and catch up on some homework.

Sunrise over the North Sea.

Doing some homework over a tasty all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.

MS Queen of Scandinavia at Newcastle’s port.

]]> http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-bergen-to-newcastle/feed/ 0 Bergen http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/bergen/ http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/bergen/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:20:18 +0000 Andrew Riha http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/bergen/ In order to get better acquainted with the Norwegian culture, I utilized the CouchSurfing netvork to not only find a couch to sleep on, but also to meet a number of other CouchSurfers for conversation, drinks, and lefsa. Below are some photos from Bergen!

Brynjar and Julie (one of my hosts) playing in the leaves on our tour of Bergen.

Watching a concert in the underground Hulen concert hall.

Bergen, with more typical weather.

The (expensive!) nightlife in Bergen at Rick’s.

Brann, Bergen’s soccer team, won their first championship since 1963. So, there was a parade!

Brynjar and I cooking up some salmon pasta during my last night in Bergen.

Henriette (my other host), her boyfriend, and their cat after the salmon dinner.

]]> http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/bergen/feed/ 0 From Dublin to Bergen http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-dublin-to-bergen/ http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-dublin-to-bergen/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:05:13 +0000 Andrew Riha http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-dublin-to-bergen/ Blah, sorry for the lack of posts. Time for the finale of Eurotrip II.

After Dublin, my next destination was Bergen, Norway after a (very) short night spent in Oslo. My objective of visiting Norway was to both get a taste of the scenery over the six hour train ride from Oslo to Bergen and then to experience the culture by hanging out in Bergen for a few days.

The fog that caused our Ryanair pilots to abort the landing in Torp, Norway before trying again a few minutes later. Quite alarming.

On the way to Bergen.

The glacier near Finse, which was the highest point on our way to Bergen (1222 meters).

The fjords near Bergen on an unusually clear day.

]]> http://apriha.com/2008/03/09/from-dublin-to-bergen/feed/ 0 Eurotrip II http://apriha.com/2007/12/10/eurotrip-ii-2/ http://apriha.com/2007/12/10/eurotrip-ii-2/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:35:12 +0000 Andrew Riha http://apriha.com/2007/12/10/eurotrip-ii-2/ From October 23 – November 3, I traveled solo on my second major trip through Europe. Over 11 days, I managed to visit four countries (Ireland, Norway, Scotland, and England), explore a monument older than the pyramids, experience an aborted plane landing, meet new people through CouchSurfing, sail across the North Sea, celebrate Halloween in Edinburgh, and spend a night on the streets of London. My goal is to have Eurotrip II blogged before Christmas.

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