Slippery.

~Oslo, Norway~

Hello friends-

After the excitement of my last adventure I have the continuous urge to travel... So, when my friend Adam suggested taking a cruise to Norway I, of course, said YES!! It only cost 75 bucks and we left Friday and came back today ( Sunday). There were four of us that traveled together- Adam, Kevin, Shana and myself- and we are quite the crew. 

 We almost missed the boat- partly due to my lack of understanding the meeting place and partly due to Adam's phone not working. In the end, all turned out just fine.

  At first I thought we were taking a Ferry and that the trip would take 6 hours or so. I was wrong- and glad I was. It takes about 16 hours by boat to get from Copenhagen to Oslo, but luckily we were traveling on an actual cruise ship. We packed our own food and booze, spent the night drinking with friends, and stumbling around the boat- man, those waves were tossing us all

 over the place! At one point during the night, we were rocking back and forth so much that everything just slid right off the table in our room! We also went out dancing and ended up being the only people on the dance floor rockin' out to the YMCA! I don't know why no-one else wanted to join...

Oslo, as it turns out, is a beautiful city. When we first arrived we sneakily took the train up to the top of one of the mountain. As the train steadily climbed higher and higher the ground suddenly became more and more covered with snow! It was the first time, since arriving in Scandinavia that I have seen snow! 

I unfortunately was not wearing my snow boots and I spent most of the day slippin

g around, even falling right on my butt and getting covered in mud- but it was all well worth it. At the top of this mountain you can rent these awesome looking sleds to ride down and then take the train back up- I wish we had had the time....i'll just have to go back!

P.S. We sneakily did not pay for the train- hehe, free ride!

We then walked around and saw the rest of the city- Including the Royal Palace, The Sculpture Garden, City Hall, A Castle/Fortress and the beautiful Harbor. 

Oh oh! And...when Shana and I exchanged our Danish Kroner for Norwegian Kroner- the lady made a wonderful mistake and gave us twice the money!! WOOHOO!!....I then spent it all on lunch and tax-free candy. :-)

I had a wonderful weekend and I managed to not get sea sick..mission accomplished!.....Where should I go next??!!

Still feeling the rock of the boat,

   Vickiii