The thing about booking travel months in advance is that you tend to forget it’s happening, and then suddenly it is May and you’re going in June and gosh, actually, it’s quite soon, isn’t it, and shouldn’t my boyfriend get his passport renewed, perhaps?
Anyhow, owing to my dearth of foreign travel so far this year, I am getting VERY EXCITED INDEED about Norway. Fjords! Wooden churches! Ridiculously expensive alcohol! …Other things! I admit that I am shamefully ignorant about Norway, but in some ways it’s nice to go somewhere without too many preconceptions, I suppose.
We’re flying in and out of Oslo, but I don’t really plan to spend more than a couple of nights there. The obvious thing to do would be to head to Bergen, both to look at some fjords, and because I’ve heard that the train trip between Oslo and Bergen is particularly spectacular. If I was sensible, given that we’ve only got a week, I’d leave it at that, but JEB tempted me with his talk of Alesund’s Art Nouveau glory. Turns out it’s fairly straightforward to get from Bergen to Alesund by ferry, which sounds enormously appealing in itself - but I can’t seem to find anyway of getting from Alesund back to Oslo without retracing my steps, other than flying, which I am loath to do. Normally I wouldn’t be worrying about this so far in advance, but because my time in Norway is limited, and it’s going to be the peak of high season, I’d really like to get as much booked ahead of time as possible. Hmmm, perhaps I will have to go against my better judgement and actually USE A TRAVEL AGENT…
May 18, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Norway is really beautiful, but expensive. And remember to bring your own beer, as one there costs about twenty dollars.