12 June 2018, Tuesday Yesterday was very action-packed and I had a really good time, especially at the ABBA Museum and Gröna Lund. For my second full day in Stockholm today, I wanted to take it easy and explore at a more relaxed pace. As usual, the weather forecast was great – a sunny day […]
Month: March 2020
11 June 2018, Monday I’m 42 days into my Grand Adventure, and Sweden is the 10th country I have visited thus far. My accommodation here is Generator Stockholm, a chain of large hostels that are run more like hotels. I had stayed at Generator Hamburg earlier in the trip and I found the professional, business-like […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 41 – Norway (Bergen/Oslo) / Sweden (Stockholm)
10 June 2018, Sunday After spending nine fabulous days in Norway (excluding today), the time had come to say goodbye to this amazing country and move on to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It was going to be a long day of travelling as I would have to first take a train from Bergen to […]
9 June 2018, Saturday Today, I was determined to make the best use of my last full day to enjoy as much of Norway’s nature as possible. After conquering Preikestolen and Trolltunga earlier in the week, I wanted to make one more hike to Ulriken. Standing at 643m, Ulriken is the highest of the seven […]
8 June 2018, Friday After yesterday’s momentous hike to Trolltunga, it was time to move on from the small town of Odda to Bergen, the second largest city in Norway. I woke up at about 7am, had my breakfast, checked out of Trolltunga Hotel and took bus 984 (fare: 37 Kr / S$6.32) to go […]
7 June 2018, Thursday I woke up this morning at 6am, all ready and excited for the hike to Trolltunga (click here). I checked the weather forecast and it was a chilly 8 degrees Celsius at the moment, with the temperature expected to hit a nice 17 degrees at noon time. I had booked a […]
6 June 2018, Wednesday After spending three nights in Stavanger, it was time to move on to Odda, a small town located about 200km away. The journey would require two bus transfers and take some five hours altogether. The total fare for the entire three-leg bus journey was 492 Kr (S$85.22) and I had booked […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 36 – Norway (Stavanger / Lysefjord)
5 June 2018, Tuesday After the thrilling hike to Preikestolen yesterday, I was left wondering what I could do with another spare day in Stavanger today. When drawing up my itinerary months ago, I originally planned to do another trek to Kjeragbolten, which is not too far from Stavanger, about 2.5 hours’ drive away. Kjeragbolten […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 35 – Norway (Stavanger / Preikestolen)
4 June 2018, Monday This morning, I woke up with an extra spring in my step, because it was the day I had waited for so long…I would be hiking up to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) today! After months of planning and dreaming about it, I am finally going to do it. Super excited! I left […]
3 June 2018, Sunday After spending two nights in Oslo, it was time to head southwest to Stavanger, the fourth largest city in Norway and gateway to one of the country’s most visited natural attractions – Preikestolen, or Pulpit Rock. This 604m steep cliff ranked high on my bucket list and it was one of […]
2 June 2018, Saturday This morning, I woke up relatively late and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast at my hostel at 9am. For once, I was not having croissants bought from the supermarket the night before because breakfast was included in my room booking. Food in Norway is very expensive so I was happy that there […]