On Saturday morning a bunch of us took the train to Bergen. It’s one of the most beautiful train rides I’ve been on! My poor tail bone (still sore from the bike crash)) suffered through the 7 1/2 hours on the train.

Since everyone worked really hard on their final papers for one of our courses, we really enjoyed this well-deserved break from school. It was also good to get out of Oslo for a few days.

We went to the Aquarium.

Admired the old parts of the city that didn’t burn down in previous fires…

Enjoyed the view from one of the surrounding mountains, Mount Fløyen.

Went on a fjord cruise…

… and had a picnic with the trolls near a waterfall. The landscape was straight from a ferry tale.

We took the night train back to Oslo on Monday at 23:00. I sat beside a young man who had just finished his one year in the Norwegian military. He was very happy to go home.

After sleeping in the hostel and on the train I (almost) looked forward to my single bed back in Oslo.