13 November 2006
Oslo in a weekend
Hi Dears,
Exactly 7 days ago I landed back in Prague after a short visit in Oslo. Already the flight from Prague was an exciting beginning. Not the flight itself though, but when I accidentially looked out of the window I saw an island with a shape that you even figure out what it is. Fischland Darß and not far away I could have a look in Rostock. Little funny somehow, so small.
But what did I want in Oslo actually? A very good and close friend of mine had house warming, but actually I only wanted to visit her. But not a bad start for the weekend though to arrive and have a party after 2 hours already... :-)
And since Oslo is know to be f***ing expensive M. asked me to bring a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Among also a bottle of Sambuca. Okay I thought, maybe i already should get it in Prague so I will for sure ahve it with me... But no, neither Tesco hyperstore (no, not superstore, even very hyper hyper) nor Albert the supermaket around my corner had it. Non of the countless shops in the duty free area in Prague could help me. So my last hope was the duty free in the arrival area of Oslo airport. And finally I found a whole bottle of it :-) BUT!!! Stupid Christian could not find his ticket anymore *damneddamneddamned* So no Sambuca for M. ...
Anyway she still welcomed me with a hug :-) And tried to disapear in the bathroom to prepare for the party. But she was so worried and concerned about preparations that she had to interupt a friend of hers and me every five minutes. The party was very nice 37 ppl on 37 sqm. Very cozy but not as packed as you might imagine. (BTW you might also discover that I suddenly have more pictures here... have a cam now BUT of course I forget it every here and then coz I am just not used to it. So no party pics except a few signatures of guests that left the place...)
So next day was some sightseeing on the schedule. But I have to admit in advance, I think European cities are boring. Somehow all very much the same. Cars and streets, billboards and advertisment screens and shops and people. And I think just the last makes the difference. But still let me share some pics I liked a little more (coz there are indeed some :-) )
Exactly 7 days ago I landed back in Prague after a short visit in Oslo. Already the flight from Prague was an exciting beginning. Not the flight itself though, but when I accidentially looked out of the window I saw an island with a shape that you even figure out what it is. Fischland Darß and not far away I could have a look in Rostock. Little funny somehow, so small.
But what did I want in Oslo actually? A very good and close friend of mine had house warming, but actually I only wanted to visit her. But not a bad start for the weekend though to arrive and have a party after 2 hours already... :-)
And since Oslo is know to be f***ing expensive M. asked me to bring a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Among also a bottle of Sambuca. Okay I thought, maybe i already should get it in Prague so I will for sure ahve it with me... But no, neither Tesco hyperstore (no, not superstore, even very hyper hyper) nor Albert the supermaket around my corner had it. Non of the countless shops in the duty free area in Prague could help me. So my last hope was the duty free in the arrival area of Oslo airport. And finally I found a whole bottle of it :-) BUT!!! Stupid Christian could not find his ticket anymore *damneddamneddamned* So no Sambuca for M. ...
Anyway she still welcomed me with a hug :-) And tried to disapear in the bathroom to prepare for the party. But she was so worried and concerned about preparations that she had to interupt a friend of hers and me every five minutes. The party was very nice 37 ppl on 37 sqm. Very cozy but not as packed as you might imagine. (BTW you might also discover that I suddenly have more pictures here... have a cam now BUT of course I forget it every here and then coz I am just not used to it. So no party pics except a few signatures of guests that left the place...)So next day was some sightseeing on the schedule. But I have to admit in advance, I think European cities are boring. Somehow all very much the same. Cars and streets, billboards and advertisment screens and shops and people. And I think just the last makes the difference. But still let me share some pics I liked a little more (coz there are indeed some :-) )
So enjoy and see me in front of the castle and enjoying the view you can see on the second pic. And after a stroll to the harbor we headed to a little fortress that looked actually very beautiful with a sunset on the sea and light up itself. Was very cozy atmosphere though it was freezing cold. And after such a long walk we were very much up for some decent food. Luckily M. knows Oslo already a little and went with me to a very very cozy place... Oh no, she went with me to the corner where she thought the place would be... hehe, thought it would be... But we headed to fancy andnot less cozy Burger Restaurant instead and enjoyed salamon and blue cheese burger. Yammy!!!
And since it was Saturday evening we had to go out for a beer. The prices are actually not as bad as people always say. The bar where we met a friend fo hers was very okay and I just payed slightly more than in Prague... (yes I know, even though the amount of crowns is the same there is a slightly different exchange rate, but it feels smoehow good not to spend more crowns than you are used to... :-) )
And the beer was very intersting. It was supposed to be typical Norwegian. Well, seems they like beer with a cucmber taste over there...
But only a short stay there and already back to bed at 2 a.m. the Sunday welcomed me with rain, rain and rain. So we just started with some chatting and no plans to go out until lunch where we were invited by a very good friend of hers to yammy yammy sushi :-))) Happy and with a full stomach we finally dared to go to the world famous park called... aeehhhhh, well world famous park with these wonderful statues and figures. Seems like hundrets of them. Most famous is a little baby that is screaming. I really dont want to miss this visit but somehow I would not have been sad not having been gone there... But really, isnt it cute!!!???
Finally we ended up in the place she wanted to show me the day before. And it was really cozy and nice. We ordered a lot of small dishes in arabic style but of course the cheese I wanted to have was out already... Was very nice until I wanted to pay. Non of my credti and debit cards worked there, nor M.'s ones. So I think it was the machine that was broken. Well, until the couple next us paid with card...
So what did this weekend tell me? Cities are not my favourite anymore as long as there are not some ppl I like. Norway is a country I want to see from the countrieside as well. And finally, it was soooooo good to see M. again!
So guys and Karlovy Vary (C)Karlsbad was my next trip you will hear about tomorrow...
And since it was Saturday evening we had to go out for a beer. The prices are actually not as bad as people always say. The bar where we met a friend fo hers was very okay and I just payed slightly more than in Prague... (yes I know, even though the amount of crowns is the same there is a slightly different exchange rate, but it feels smoehow good not to spend more crowns than you are used to... :-) )
And the beer was very intersting. It was supposed to be typical Norwegian. Well, seems they like beer with a cucmber taste over there...But only a short stay there and already back to bed at 2 a.m. the Sunday welcomed me with rain, rain and rain. So we just started with some chatting and no plans to go out until lunch where we were invited by a very good friend of hers to yammy yammy sushi :-))) Happy and with a full stomach we finally dared to go to the world famous park called... aeehhhhh, well world famous park with these wonderful statues and figures. Seems like hundrets of them. Most famous is a little baby that is screaming. I really dont want to miss this visit but somehow I would not have been sad not having been gone there... But really, isnt it cute!!!???
Finally we ended up in the place she wanted to show me the day before. And it was really cozy and nice. We ordered a lot of small dishes in arabic style but of course the cheese I wanted to have was out already... Was very nice until I wanted to pay. Non of my credti and debit cards worked there, nor M.'s ones. So I think it was the machine that was broken. Well, until the couple next us paid with card...
So what did this weekend tell me? Cities are not my favourite anymore as long as there are not some ppl I like. Norway is a country I want to see from the countrieside as well. And finally, it was soooooo good to see M. again!
So guys and Karlovy Vary (C)Karlsbad was my next trip you will hear about tomorrow...
