Norway, the land of awful night trains and trolls...

So, Norway is pretty sweet, but getting around is a bit of a hassle. Oslo is cool, but this is "Europe on a Budget" so it was a bit out of our price range. However, we would like to dedicate this post to the awesomeness of Bergen, Norway the "gateway to the fjords." We spent a good deal of our time in this area hiking around the lakes and mountains that surround the city. We toured a 700 year old Norwegian castle and discovered the greatest hotdog stand in all of Europe (and possibly the world). One night we really lived it up, and stepped into an ancient church to listen to an organ recital, it was beautiful, but unfortunately Dan missed some of it as he was nodding off in the corner... to which he admits. Oh by the way, it doesn't get dark here. At like, 11pm it looks like its 5pm outside, which makes your sleep schedule confusing, that is when you get any sleep due to the night trains here :). Other than all of this, we enjoyed taking in the Nordic culture (Nan- what is with all of the trolls btw?) and seeing "Norway's second largest city", and buying Erica new shoes to hike in because her feet started to bleed in chucks... We're now off to Sweden, Norway's arch-enemy, if the Norweigan armory museum is any indication... ;) Watch out: we're heading above the arctic circle, will post in France upon return.