Oslo trip!

Am I having a deja vu? Isn't what I experienced this last weekend exactly the same thing I lived last year?. Isn't it erasmus again?, cos if it is not, it is pretty much the same. Yeah I reckon I am right, that's exactly what I understand when talking about erasmus… traveling around Europe without any concrete direction just picking the cheapest flight, going sightseen in the morning and partying at night, taking pictures…many many pictures, nattering in english with the first bloke you run into the street as a way to hone your english, and the main thing getting to know better the people you are traveling with… Am I right? It is erasmus, isn't it?

The group

Girls (Marta, Patri, Raquel, Vanessa, Alba)

Boys(Ro, Dani, me, Juanjo, Toni)

Well it all started sort of three weeks ago when, I don't remember who, came across, on the ryanair website, some cheap flight going to Oslo so it did not take long to buy them. So there we were on friday morning, 7.30 in the morning just outside galleria, waiting for the nationalexpress which would drive us to stansted. Once in the airport we took advantage of the competitive prices in liquids offered by the duty free shop. The flight was alright, nothing special to mention but the difficult solitaire we couldn't resolve… really it was quite hard cos in the ipod you cannot use those cards which have already been piled on the deck… nevermind… we arrived sound in so-called Oslo airport. I am saying so-called because it was roughly 100 km from Oslo so be aware of those little details once you decide to fly with ryanair. The point was that we arrived in central Oslo without any idea where our hostel was, so Marta started to bombard people with questions about which tube to take or bus…

Marta

Girls posing

Unfortunately we hopped on the wrong bus having wasted four euros ride… After some time wandering through the streets of Oslo we took the correct bus and it led us straight to the hostel. Regardless having made a booking it took ages to register, we didn't care though because it was freezing outdoors and at least we were in a warm place (we are not so picky!). The next step was heading for our bedroom. After having taken dinner and resting a little bit, we gathered all together with the aussie girl we had just met and we played some games before going out. Briefly explained, the night was special, not only for the illegal lift we were given or watching how the aussie sneaked into the bar, neither for how we livened up the party asking the piano man to play Macarena but for all of those things together. We woke up early on saturday morning the breakfast was waiting for us and it was included on the price so it was something we couldnt miss. After that, a quick shower and ready to sightseen.

Vigeland Sculpture park

I guess now is the moment to talk about Oslo. Oslo is nothing special, i mean, it doesn't boast marvelous buildings or cathedrals, the harbor doesn't take your breath away either and it is bloody cold… Actually one viking girl (gorgers) asked us about the reasons which led us to go to Oslo… she said "What are you doing in Oslo… it is cold, far and expensive…" she was spot on but regardless those things the city is peaceful, quiet, clean, its inhabitants are kind and speak really nice english. So despite all those drawbacks I can say I liked the city.

Sculpture

Back to the trip, that saturday we had lunch on a restaurant were we tasted some typical food from norway. Not really much to comment about the rest of the trip chatting, visiting new places, having fun…

"The salmon"

Summing up, I'm really glad to have gone to this trip with this group of erasmus and I hope to share with them more great moments. Maybe just one drawback and it was that 90% of the group was spanish, vanessa was the only "foreigner" among us. She dared to come with us… haha so brave!

Raquel and the little Viking

And just one thing more for Raquel, maths for turism. We were 9 of us the first night and 10 the second night. We can assume that each of us has participated twice, one in each night but Ro just in the second night. So all in all it has been 19 participations. If the drinks were 52 and you want to know how much do u have to pay you should divide 52/19 and it will yield how much is each participation, but since you have participated twice you have to pay 52/19 times 2, does it make sense? And Ro has to pay only the figure 52/19. So u have to pay (52/19)*2= 52/9.5 each of us but Ro. And Ro would have to pay 52/19= 52/(9.5*2)=(52/9.5)/2 Does it make sense Raquel? :P