Holmenkollen Oslo
–          13-03-15

Friday

Wake up early to tke the bus of 7 o’clock in the morning to Oslo. Some students from my class and from the Norwegian friluftsliv class are also with this bus. The drive to Oslo is boring, people are sleeping and it’s foggy outside, so there’s not much to see. We arrive in Oslo and the Norwegian students show us the way through the city. We take the bus to the Fram museum.

The Fram is the expedition boat Amundsen and Janssen used for their expedition to the north and south pole. We are allowed to go in the museum for free and have a few ours to spend there. It’s impressive how they travelled in such weather conditions.

We gather outside and take the metro up the mountain to Holmenkollen. It’s funny to see all these people with big backpacks in the city, people don’t seem to notice, like it’s normal here. In the city the temperatures were like a nice spring day, here up the mountain is snow. We walk to the camping place and set our camp next to a walking track. We walk to the skijump to see the women skijump competition. The weather is lovely and the sunset colours the sky like a painting. There are not many people in the stadion and we can go in for free. We see the whole race and go back to cook dinner. I eat and sheire the tent together with Jochen and Sharon. We made two campfires in our camp and relaxt at the fire’s. Somewhere in the woods is a big party going on and we take a look. The music lead us in the woods next to the løpe of the competition. Everywhere are tents and campfires with people around it. The fires are in holes and they build a couch of snow around it. Most of the people I see are drunk, but they are nice. A group people from Trontheim brought a music installation and created a dance place. I join them, this is the first time I have a party in the snow, and I like it. I leave the party round 2 o’clock in the night and go to my tent.

Saturday

–          14-03-15

It was a good night. This is the first time I wake up in the tent without condense on top of the roof.  We have a good breakfast made by Jochen. We gather at 10 o’clock and go to the skimuseum. The museum doesn’t really impress me. After the museum we’re free to do what we want. I watch the start of the skirace with some people and we take place between the people in the sun. a lot of people brought waffles, sausages with lumpe and kviklunsj. The race start and we walk to our camp to see the skiers passing by. We take a break at the restaurant and enjoy the sun. we see some of the skiers passing our camp. We walk back to the camp take some warm clotes and walk to the skijump to see the qualification round. We’re told that we have to pay and take a seet at the other side of the road on a hill. The wind is cold and some are leaving. I go with the others to the stadion and we can walk in without anyone asking for tickets. We dance with our Norwegian flags to get warm and stay till the end. They end the race with nice firework. We walk back and have dinner. There’s no big party tonight and we have a nice evening around our own campfire.

Sunday

–          15-03-15

We can stay in bed the whole morning, the sun is so hot on the tent that we have to get out. We watch the race from our campfire and walk around. We clean up the camp and pack our backs. At 13:00 we walk to the skijump to see the last race. We take place on the hill we sat before. There are a lot more people in the stadium today. And people check for tickets. We have to leave at three to go back for the bus. We can go with the metro for free today. We wait one hour on our bus at the busterminal and head back to Kristiansand.