10th August, Stockholm
We drove to the ABBA museum along with Louise, Reine and Wera. We booked the tickets online earlier (195 SEK) and wasn't very crowded either. I was pretty excited being an ABBA fan. The museum is very interactive with a lot of opportunities to be part of the ABBA's times. You can audition in a karaoke recording studio, can dance like an ABBA band member and also be part of the ABBA band as a 5th member via the hologram effect. It was very funny.
After buying some memorabilia we decided to move straight to the IKEA flagship store whig was on our way back. I am already in love with the scandinavian designs which are so chic and minimalistic, but still so functional. The only issue is the price. We had a small fika there too where you get a nice cinnamon bun and a coffee for 5 SEK. Ikea remains the cheapest place to eat in Stockholm i guess.
After IKEA we headed back to Louise's apartment to finish packing as we had a flight at 6:30 PM. With Louise and Reine's help we made some nice pork swedish meat balls and boiled potatoes with lingonberry jam.
After a lot of hugging and kissing we were dropped at the airport by Louise, who along with Reine made our Stockholm tour so much fascinating.
10th August, Bergen, Norway
The norwegian flight was on time and i also managed to buy some Bjorn borg underwears which are so famous in Sweden. It was an hour and a half flight to Bergen. I was amazed when i found Norwegian gives free wi fi on its flights. Thats amazing for a low cost carrier. We landed to fascinating views of the fjords at the Bergen airport. The first thing that hits you is a 10 NOK for the luggage trolley. Welcome to Norway.
i didn't had any Norway kroner and was contemplating on how i would carry those two 18 kg backpacks and the other luggages to the bus. The trolleys are connected by a chain and has a small slot for a coin, which has a lever which if pushed by a 10 NOK coin engages to get it off the lock. I had a few danish ironers left and tried a 10 DKK instead and voila! it worked. So good that i didn't chuck them off. In the meantime pritha already collected info from the information centre. We were supposed to take the Flybuss which is a common transport in most of the airports around to reach the city centre. Our stop was the last one, Radisson Blu, Bryggen. There are busses every 15 minutes and it was quiet easy to get on one. The return fare was cheaper (160 NOK) and as we were flying back to oslo in 3 days, that was the best bet. The drive was very scenic passing by lakes and hills with colourful houses all around. We were already in love with Norway. Bryggen is the UNESCO heritage site and is really beautiful with the harbour next to it. It was getting a bit cold and took us quiet some walk over really steep lanes and stairs before we reached Anton's BnB at Breistølsveien 6. We were welcomed by Eva and her husband Lars who were the sweetest couple we ever met. We had the entire ground floor to ourselves with a couch, a bedroom and the bathroom.
The stairs takes us upstairs to the dining room and a TV room in the attic. Lars and Eva both are PHD scholars and are researching in the university. They told us that this house was a 100 yr old house which they bought 2 yrs back and renovated it from scratch and i loved the way they have done it. We met Anton, the house dog and a sweetheart under whose name the BnB is named. Also the 3rd floor has a lot of birds and a turtle. Lars was worried that we should have dinner before the weather gets bad and volunteered to walk us to a nearby pub called Dr.Weisener famous for its salty meat soup. (95 NOK) The pub also dates back from 1889 and used to be a communal bath in those days. Lars amazed us by saying that they love bollywood movies, but rather than the cliched slum dog millionaire, he mentioned The Lunch Box. Wow..... We came back chatted with Eva and Lars over some nice tea before going to sleep. My fever was getting worse by the night with headache.
We drove to the ABBA museum along with Louise, Reine and Wera. We booked the tickets online earlier (195 SEK) and wasn't very crowded either. I was pretty excited being an ABBA fan. The museum is very interactive with a lot of opportunities to be part of the ABBA's times. You can audition in a karaoke recording studio, can dance like an ABBA band member and also be part of the ABBA band as a 5th member via the hologram effect. It was very funny.
After IKEA we headed back to Louise's apartment to finish packing as we had a flight at 6:30 PM. With Louise and Reine's help we made some nice pork swedish meat balls and boiled potatoes with lingonberry jam.
10th August, Bergen, Norway
The norwegian flight was on time and i also managed to buy some Bjorn borg underwears which are so famous in Sweden. It was an hour and a half flight to Bergen. I was amazed when i found Norwegian gives free wi fi on its flights. Thats amazing for a low cost carrier. We landed to fascinating views of the fjords at the Bergen airport. The first thing that hits you is a 10 NOK for the luggage trolley. Welcome to Norway.
i didn't had any Norway kroner and was contemplating on how i would carry those two 18 kg backpacks and the other luggages to the bus. The trolleys are connected by a chain and has a small slot for a coin, which has a lever which if pushed by a 10 NOK coin engages to get it off the lock. I had a few danish ironers left and tried a 10 DKK instead and voila! it worked. So good that i didn't chuck them off. In the meantime pritha already collected info from the information centre. We were supposed to take the Flybuss which is a common transport in most of the airports around to reach the city centre. Our stop was the last one, Radisson Blu, Bryggen. There are busses every 15 minutes and it was quiet easy to get on one. The return fare was cheaper (160 NOK) and as we were flying back to oslo in 3 days, that was the best bet. The drive was very scenic passing by lakes and hills with colourful houses all around. We were already in love with Norway. Bryggen is the UNESCO heritage site and is really beautiful with the harbour next to it. It was getting a bit cold and took us quiet some walk over really steep lanes and stairs before we reached Anton's BnB at Breistølsveien 6. We were welcomed by Eva and her husband Lars who were the sweetest couple we ever met. We had the entire ground floor to ourselves with a couch, a bedroom and the bathroom.
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