Monday, May 14, 2007

The most expensive city...

Weird.. It’s weird that I felt like home in a place that is not my home.. it felt safe when I stepped back in Odense.. It was after the Easter trip when I first felt this.. and yesterday, for the second time..


The Crown of Scandinavia was probably not as great as other cruises that I heard earlier.. but I could say, with the companies of other exchange students, the whole trip was an unforgettable one.. Alcohols were sold in the SEA SHOPS for quite low prices and that pretty much explained why some guys were wandering in the boat, talking non-sense, breaking glasses or shouting at one another.. We just shook our head listening to this English lady who approached us only to talk about her husband.. a Polish guy who usually looked serious came to our table and kept saying “Na zdrowie!” (Cheers in Polish) and forcing me to drink with him.. almost every 2 second he nazdrowied me and passed me his glass.. it was funny.. drunken people always did those funny stuffs and talked a lot.. I had a good laugh..=P


It took 16 hours sailing from Copenhagen to Oslo.. people spent time drinking in the boat, talking, playing games, sleeping, shopping, etc.. The Koreans, me and my two European friends just had a couple of beers and liqueurs, only one of us got drunk.. =P


We’re in Oslo the next morning and had a day-trip before sailing back to Copenhagen in the evening.. Emel, Nicolas and myself decided to walk from the City Hall, the National Theatre, to the Akerhus Fortress & Castle, along the sea-side looking toward Oslofjorden, back to The Royal Palace to catch the changing of guards in the afternoon.. We had a small picnic in the park before walking to the Oslo University, the city centre and walked back to the cruise harbor.. and yes, everything was relatively more expensive even compared to Copenhagen.. no wonder Oslo is the most expensive city for expats..


We’re back in the boat.. again, people got drunk.. blabbed and wandered around.. such life, such life is what they call pleasurable here.. looking at the overall trip, it was probably one of the best i've ever had.. =P

The miniature of M.S. Crown of Scandinavia

The interior of M.S. Crown of Scandinavia

Taking pictures from the deck


Have i mentioned that the sun only sets close to 10 pm at night nowadays?

The city of Oslo, Norway


Ciao...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

the sun sets at 10pm?!! walah~ LONG DAY HUH? haha...

~dewi

Diahz90 said...

yes wi.. at 10.. i heard in summer there'll be only 3 hours darkness every night.. 11PM to 2 or 3AM.. hehe it's scandinavian countries, no wonder.. =P

Anonymous said...

walah~ waktu tidur hilang... haha... night = sleep
day = work
wow~ long hour work :P
haha

~dewi