Well, my loyal readers (smiling), I'm not sure that any of you are still checking! I've been so busy lately, that I haven't been able to post for a while. So I'll go back.
My last full day in Bergen: Thursday.
After waking up in my guest room, I went for a packed my stuff and went for a nice bowl of soup at the cafe I mentioned earlier. It was a yummy carrot ginger with a side of real, thick bread and a hearty slathering of butter. Then, I buckled up my three bags of belongings and started to walk to the hostel where I would eventually meet my friend, Margaret.
Google maps told me it was a 3.5 km walk to the hostel. What it didn't tell me was that it was a 3.5 km climb UP a mountain. And with the wrong turns and detour it was longer. I loved it :).
About 2.5 km in, I had trouble finding a road. A young man came running down the street to give me directions (people are super friendly here). When I said where I was going, he suggested that I take the bus...because I had to go "up, up, up and then up some more etc". he was right about the up part. But The view I got of the city was unbeatable! I felt like Cheryl Strayed and Bilbo Baggins wrapped into one (And gained huge appreciation for snails, carrying their homes in their backs).
Later that evening, marg arrived, a little later than expected, due to leaving her bag on the bus (...). We Walked into town to tour and have dinner
Friday:
We have breakfast at the hostel. There was a lot of herring...which I didn't try, but I will when we go back. I really liked the Norwegian brown cheese...it's very sweet, and reminds me a little of browned butter. Next, we went into town to work fix some issues I was having with med school paperwork. Unfortunately, no one could help me, so we made the emergency decision to fly to Oslo immediately, in order to make it to the Canadian embassy before closing. Fun fact: we didn't make it in time. Another fun fact: we found out over dinner that deadline was extended. Ahh!
I think it is safe to say that Margaret and I didn't love Oslo. Maybe we got there at a bad time, or didn't get to the right areas (we also had some pretty strange, passive/aggressive hostel mates), but it didn't tickle our fancy. We walked around a little, ending up having dinner at a busy Asian/European fusion restaurant. I hope we to have a real, authentic Norwegian meal before we move on (although, I have been told that where I bought my reindeer sausage is kind of famous).
Tomorrow, I will cAr h up on my postings...stay tuned :). The farm is incredible!! In the meantime, I am going to sleep! There are lambs to be fed tomorrow :)
I apologize if this is hard to read...I'm falling asleep and too tired to make it flow better...
