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Easter
on a long weekend with a bank holiday as well, what more
do you need to plan a trip. This time its a little bit
more towards the north pole, yes its Norway. Its the end
of winter, the start of the spring season and as its going
to be cold, we expected the trip to be more closer to
nature.
Read
on below to know more details........
 Our
5 day Itenery for Norway
Day 1 -
Flew into
Norway Torp airport, roamed around Oslo
Day 2 -
Norway in a
nutshell tour of the Fjords.
Day 3 -
Trekked up
mount Bergen
Day 4 -
On the train
back to Oslo
Day 5 -
Back to London.
Norge, yes
another name for Norway is a beautiful country with a lot
of Valleys and mountains, I would call it the country of
Tunnels, i have not seen such long tunnels and in numerous
ones along the way, I almost lost count of how many there
were.
 Weather
in Norway
The peak
season actually is during April to July where the months
of may and June being the most colourful with all the
trees and flowers blossoming.
We were
actually a month early and it was also one of the coldest
this year at -13 degrees.
 Travel
and useful tips
We booked
all our accommodations through the Hostelworld.com site,
this site gives you umpteen choices of hotels and hostels
to stay at a very cheap rates.
Going around
in Norway
: Going around in Norway is very easy, just get a
local map from the hostel, the local language is Norge but
people understand English and can reply back in English.
Norway
related downloads and useful information
 Know
more about the attractions below.........
 The
city of Oslo
 The trip had
an amazing start right from the way we landed in Oslo
airport, Ryanair was supposed to land in Torp airport, but
due to heavy snow and low visibility, we had to land in
Oslo city airport. After much difficult and the plane
literally flying like a crow with its wings shaking up and
down in the torrential wind and snow, the wheels touched
the white tar on the runaway created by the intense
snowing. Everybody clapped to have had a successful touch
down.
We had
breakfast in the airport and took the train to Oslo,
checked into the Perminalen hotel.
We had no
specific plans in Oslo, Oslo had a lot of Museums, so we
did not care to visit them, just started a walk around the
city, it was white all over the place, played in the snow
in the parks throwing snow at each other.
Norway
in a Nutshell Tour - [Day 2]
This is one
of the major attraction tours in Norway, advance booking
can be done from Raileurope.co.uk, the ticket includes the
train from Oslo to Myrdal, From Myrdal you need to take
the Flam railway to Flam, this is one of the picturesque
route with lots of waterfalls, valleys, gorges and
beautiful mountains and houses all along the way, this
train even stops along the way for capturing some
beautiful sceneries.
Once you
reach Flam, you will have an hour there to look around and
then a ferry awaits you to take you to Guduvangen, this
ferry ride is also another major picturesque ride on the
lake valley between two mountains.
From
Gudvangen, a bus awaits there and takes you to Voss, from
Voss you can take the train to Bergen, all these can be
covered in a single day, but we stayed in Bergen for
another day.
Bergen
Trek - [Day 3]
 This day in
Bergen was another eventful and exercising day trekking up
mount Bergen. We started at 11 in the morning and as we
started the ascend we were greeted by the Snow fall, as we
went higher up, the snowing became very intense and the
path was completely covered in snow, we played, danced,
jumped in the snow to our hearts content and reached the
peak.
The next day
we retuned to Oslo and the 5th day returned to London.
Travel
Information.
London
Airports to Oslo - 1:40 hours by flight
Going
around Norway - A lot of intercity trains.
The
best way to enjoy Norway is the Norway in a nutshell tour
Check
out the
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section to find out more on amazing Norway.
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