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Traveling with my Best Friend, Pt. 2: Oslo Edition

Spending 18 days at your best friends house...that happens to be in Norway!

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Traveling with my Best Friend, Pt. 2: Oslo Edition

Last week I wrote about the first half of my amazing trip to Norway this past May, if you missed it check it out!

After hiking in Oslo, we took a day to explore downtown Oslo. We went to the beautiful Aker Brygge and walked along the docks and smelt the salty air. Then my friend showed me the castle, and told me how the little princess had been to her house to play with her little sister before. We of course had to take a picture with the guards who only spoke to us to tell us to stand farther away. After the castle we went to a huge park with some different statutes created by a famous artist. It then turned into a rainy Norwegian day where it drizzles and gets super foggy. We went to the iconic Opera and walked on the roof.


The next day we took a trip down to Tonsberg to her summer house. Once settled we grabbed a paddle board and even though it was cold enough to be wearing sweatshirts we tried our hand out on the water. Then we headed out and went to THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!! It was amazing and there were tons on glowing little jellyfish in the water. That night we walked around on the docks and looked at the Viking ships.

The following days were spent relaxing while it was gloomy outside, back in Oslo. Once it cleared up, we headed out one last time to "the most beautiful pass in Norway", according to my best friend's mother. We had no idea that there would be so much snow! People were cross country skiing while we hiked. It definitely lived up to our expectations and I still pinch myself looking back at pictures feeling so blessed I was about to go to such a gorgeous place.

After a day of adventure we had an interesting night. We went to her family mountain cabin...and when I say cabin this was a legit cabin. There was no electricity, no running water, and no locks on the doors. We made a fire in the furnace and roasted hot dogs on sticks we found outside. We slept in sleeping bags on the couch, because the rooms were a little sketch. It was one of the funniest nights of the whole trip though! The next morning we woke to more rain so we headed home and I packed to travel back to America.

I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to travel around such a breathtaking country with my best friend. I am so blessed to have the friendship with her that I do and I still cannot believe that God brought her all the way from Norway to be my friend. I can't wait to go back to my best friend's house!

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