bergen

so oslo was one of my favorite cities so far.... except for norway being super expensive, it was great. taxes are very high in scandonavia, and the people are well taken care of. we actually asked a woman working at a store the other day if she makes anyu kind of commision and she said no way, we don't need it, and waiters don't need tips either! hah! that must be nice. the nobel peace prize is given in Oslo. john and i spent almost 5 hours at the nobel peace museum. we just sat in their theater and watched the videos on all the prize recipients. it was very powerful. that night we took the 11:30 train into bergen arriving at 7:30 in the morning. after figuring out where things are in the city we found a park and took a two hour nap on the grass under the sun. we then played in the city and saw a nother world herritage site. this city was one of four offices for the hanseatic leauge in the late middle ages, so theere is a lot of history here. we couch surfed with a man named roger who is SO involved with couch surfing. he has had at least one surfer a week since he joined last february!!! he deserves a medal. we are leaving out bikes hith him for two days and heading north to the fjords this afternoon were we will rent kayaks for two days. there are two fjords that are actually world herritage sites, so we will just float around in the fjord and be one with nature! it's been raining on and off since we got into bergen, so hopefully the weather will be nice up north in the fjord.