I'm going to post a post (duh...) each week, as a summary of what I experienced those 7 days.
I'm writing this blog for my family, so they know of my journey though Norway, but anyone who wants to read it, feel free to do so as this is a blog, and that is what blogs are for.
Day 1: Monday
After ~14 hours of flying on Airfrance (btw, great service... and I'm not paid to say that) from Santiago to Paris, and a 2 hours layover, and a 2 and a half hours flight from there to Oslo, and an hour on train from the airport (which is not even near the city) my aunt picks me up from the train station and takes to her house, which, by the way, is a boat (very common here in Norway to have a boat as your house). When I arrived at her houseboat a got a very warm welcome (that's very typical in Norway) from she and her husband. As I mentioned, they live in a boat, more specifically a Catamaran, so my bedroom is in one of the hulls (cosy). After having pasta with salmon for dinner and a little chat I fell asleep quickly after 30 hours awake (you know it's impossible to sleep on the plane).
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| This is the houseboat I was taking about. It is very known here in the Norwegian Fjord, it has appeared in many commercials. |
Day 2: Tuesday
13hrs, late start (well for me it was only 7 in the morning), sun high in the sky. After having some break/lunch, Tore, my aunt's husband, asked me if I could help him with the construction of his boat (another Catamaran, smaller that the "Levebåten" (translated: "Life boat")) I didn't take any picture of the construction that day, so then you can see the progress we have made. And for dinner they took me to what is known as a "Brun Kaffe (translated: "brown coffee") which is like a a little restaurant that is only accessible by boat. I had pasta with a white sauce that had bits of salmon. I still have to get used to eating dinner at 5 o'clock, instead of 8 or 9 like in Chile.
At around 19:30 I looked at the sun and thought: "Maybe one hour or two of sun left". Later that day I see that the sun is setting, so I said: "It must be like 9 o'clo... nope, it's 11 o'clock." So at midnight I took a picture of the setting sun.
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| Midnight and there is still natural light, more like Midday, amiright? |
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| Me driving a little boat they use for short travels called "September" |
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| A very good friend of Tore and Eline (not in the picture) invited us for dinner one night. |
Day 3: Wednesday
Woke up early to help Tore with the boat. Had breakfast, lunch and dinner...
I talked to many of the neighbors and all of them seem like nice people.
And, no, I didn't have pasta with salmon today.
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| Tore and I working on Gleden. |
Day 4: Thursday
What? You expected something else for yesterday?
Anyway, today, Eline (my aunt) and I went to Telemark (Norwegian county) because her sister invited us. We were six people there, Eline's two sisters (with also are my aunts) with their husbands, Eline and I. The first day we didn't do much, we just looked around at the nature and at the beautiful summer house we stayed in.
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| Nice summer house, eh? |
We had food outside (pasta with salmon again) until 11 o'clock.
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| View from my aunt's summer house of Telemark |
Day 5: Friday
Today we went on a boat trip through the Telemarkkanalen. We boarded the MS Henrik Ibsen, one of the two boats that take tourist through the canal (the other one is MS Victoria (the MS Henrik Ibsen is better)).
To pass the canals uneven heights, the boats have to pass through a series of locks that rise the boats and helps them continue the journey. This canal was seen as "the eighth wonder" at the time it was finished.
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| MS Henrik Ibsen is diesel-powered ship from 1907. It sails on the Telemarkkanalen between Skien and Dalen in the summer. |
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| Henrik Ibsen climbing the Vrangfoss staircase locks. The total height it is lifted is 23 meters and it takes about 1 hour to do so. |
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| Picture of some houses along the Telemarkkanalen. Ain't it beautiful? |
After the trip we went back to the summer house and played a match of croquet (I got second). With that and a nice afternoon dinner concludes this day.
Day 6: Saturday
Today we came back from Telemark and when we arrived home we chatted with more neighbors and that...
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| Another sunny day in Oslo. |
Last day of this post. Today was my Grandfather's brother's birthday so I was invited to the party. After many years without seeing or talking to many relatives I finally had the possibility. It was fun to finally see them after so long.
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| Picture taken at the party. Left to right: My uncle, me and my granduncle. |
See you next week of another post :)
