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My next goal was Nynashamn where Gunilla was living..
I met her on my India trip..so..after Gj?vik crossed the Swedish
border around Elverum..don't recall exact name..
that area of Sweden is full of woods(skoget)I recall a place Malung..
hitched a ride to B?rlange-G?vle..I must say..Swedes are real nice
people..i stopped in Uppsala..nice university town..always something
going on there..stayed in youth hostel..I really needed a shower..
a typical pub in Uppsala..is full of youngsters..strict laws for drinking
in Sweden(systembolaget rules)a minor cannot get any booze..
but they got it anyhow..it's blooody expensive..and Swedes..
get so easily drunk..just like the Finnish..they drink until they fall
under the table..I planned a small stay in Stockholm..before moving
down to Nynashamn where I could stay in Gunilla's place...
it was South of Stockholm..she still lived with her parents..
will tell you all next time...I really liked Scandinavia a lot..
Tiger

Hitched a ride from Al to Geilo..this place is a ski station
in wintertime...and is very famous for knives..bit after Geilo
fantastic scenery towards Eidfjord-Brimnes..ferry to Granvin..
then to Vossevangen..loveley town..stayed in youth hostel..
next day...real fjord scenery..fantastic views..small roads..
Vossevangen-Gudvangen..then lovely boat crossing to Flam..
Flam is very touristic..because of Flamsbanen to Myrdal..
it's a narrow gauge train traject..didn't do that...well..I did it..
in 1993..my wife loved Norway...but this time..went to Aurland..
lovely fjord(Aurlandfjord)hitched a difficult ride to Laerdal-Fagernes-
Dokka-Gj?vik...stayed in youth hostel..very nice route..
I'll try to get a link for Flam..real worthwhile place to visit...
www.visitflam.com

Tiger

So..I set off from the outskirts of Oslo..
past Holmenkollen ski jump..on the road to Honefoss..
loveley countryside..got a ride to Gol..
next village towards Geilo was Al..Aslaug came to see me..
at Al church..she lived in Leveld..ride by local bus..
awww..this was in the middle of nowhere..
loveley places inbetween..very rural and peaceful..
I worked 1 week in Aslaugs's farm..picking hay..
we got free farmers food,tobacco..from Aslaug's mother..
they kept a horse..and had a loveley dog..and a few cats..
Aslaug was a budeia=these chicks go out in the mountains..
cows go out all day..the milk collected is put on stackets.
on the roadside..next day..a van picks up the milk..
i tried to milk a cow...but did not succeed..damn difficult..
every cow in Aslaug's stable had a name..
great chick she was..and never seen such beauty..
the idea was..that she was going to go with me towards North Cape..
hitching..living the gypsie style life...but..something came inbetween..
and I left on my own..but..I recall these days on that wooden farm..
I recall Gunn(Aslaugs mother)great lady..Leif was her brother..
and Gunilla her sister..came one day...she was a city girl living in Oslo..
very different from Aslaug..Leveld was an experience for me...
so far for life on a Norvegian farm..really enjoyed these few days..
I was going to move on towards the fjord regios of Central Norway..
will tell the rest later on..now Norvegian fjords...Ohhhhh..well..
http://www.fjordnorway.com/index.html

awww..Oslo..one of my favorite cities in the world..
I met Aslaug on a prevoius visit..on Karl Johans Gatan..
woohhah..what a chick...we had a nice talk and a beer.
but we clicked that day..and now..I was in Oslo..on the way..
to her farm in AL(Hallingdal)Oslo in summer on a sunny day..
is full of people strolling...enjoying life..I slept rough in Oslo..
some covered place near Central Station..stayed 3 nights..
second night in a house of squatters..funny people..boozers..
drug addicts..third night in Slottsparken..the harbour of Oslo
is quite nice..I went to Bygdoy..there's a museum on Vikingships..
a real authentic drakkar..it made me wonder..were these folks hippies?
certainly they had some gypsy traits in them...ahah..uhuh..
these ships are great..Vikings remind me to Native Americans...
great folks..with the correct spirit and soul..
I'm not going to rant on about Oslo..I can write pages about it..
point is...I enjoyed this place..it's a city carved in Tigers heart..
Norway..is my favorite country in the world..
and I travelled through 50 countries..so..that's it..
www.visitnorway.com

Helsingborg is a bustling ferry connection..
I got a ride towards Halmstad..hitching is not that easy
in Sweden..sometimes I had to wait quite a while..
Halmstad-G?teborg..now G?teborg is worthwhile staying
a few days..big city..nice boulevards..I went to get some
information in a center for cheap accomodation..
I believe I slept in the Youth hostel..
beer,cigarettes..even in these days...were more expensive..
then anywhere else in Europe..the Swedes live in a social
democratic state..everything is taken care off..nobody will
ever starve of hunger in Sweden..G?teborg has a big amusement
park called Liseberg..I just went to Kungsparken to relax..
only stayed 1 day in G?teborg...wanted to move on to Oslo..
had a talk with Marie in Kungsparken..wanted to know where I was
travelling to..nice Swedisch chick..G?teborg is always full of activity..
commercial center..ferry harbour..lots of shops etc..
consumption society that means..well..next day I set off for Norway..
I reached Udevalla+Str?mstad quite soon..the border between Sweden
and Norway is a bridge..located at Svinesund..loveley location..
that day I reached Moss(Norway)slept outside somewhere..
good sleeping bag...and Norway...has got soo much space...aahahh..
http://www.visitsweden.com/Default____34593.aspx