Fotografo de Bodas, Santiago

September 29, 2009

Our hotel was “far” away from the city according to trip advisor. The definition of far, is apparently 20 minutes by subway. Are you kidding me?!? In Santiago if someone lives 20 minutes away from you by subway, you call them your next door neighbor

Anyway, the added bonus of our far away hotel was that it was up the foothills a little bit outside the city and the view overlooking Oslo was stunning.

This is the Nobel center. If you can’t read that, it says, “From King to Obama.” I find it interesting that Europeans are very well informed on U.S.American politics and a lot of them even know quite a bit about our history, while we, in general, are extremely ignorant of theirs.

Seba’s in there somewhere.

This was our hotel, lit up at night. No, it wasn’t as fancy as it looks. But, it was the cheapest one we could find in Norway where the Trip Advisor weren’t horrendous — we read a few for hostels with comments like, “The room smelled like feces. Literal feces,” and “Someone peed in my bed. MY BED IS NOT A URINAL!!!” So we decided to forego hosteling it and get the most budget hotel we could find. In Norway, where everything is perfect (except the hostels and people shooting up in the middle of the street in the middle of the day), a budget hotel is this. Amazing. Rooms were nothing fancy but the beds were oh so comfortable, it was clean, and the breakfast was in. sane.

Below is an example of not a budget hotel.

This art exhibit talked to you — in Norwegian, of course, so we couldn’t understand any of it. But we read enough to understand that it was some kind of art for the deaf. Pretty cool.

I know this picture is blurry, but I love it anyway.

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wow, looks like things are going well in Norway! Glad to hear it, and these are some of my favorite pics so far. May your bed never be a urinal.

Comment by eileen — September 29, 2009 @ 6:16 am

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I loved the fourth picture, kind of spooky but fascinating, and the colors are magical.
Do keep us posted and have a great time.

Comment by Flo — September 29, 2009 @ 7:01 am

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It looks like you guys are really enjoying yourselves!! What is the weather like over there?? Its fall now, so is it cooling off???

Comment by Shannon — September 29, 2009 @ 11:19 am

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You're making me want to go to Norway. But not the hostels

The rain in Spain fell, mostly, heavily. Not nice, but still a relaxing break. Where's next for you?

Comment by elizaclaire — September 29, 2009 @ 1:15 pm

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Again, Kyle, Thank you so much for sharing your photos and trip w/us. The photos are incredible!!

Comment by Kayla — September 29, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

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It looks like you guys are really enjoying yourselves!! What is the weather like over there?? Its fall now, so is it cooling off???

Comment by Shannon — September 29, 2009 @ 6:19 pm

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You're making me want to go to Norway. But not the hostels

The rain in Spain fell, mostly, heavily. Not nice, but still a relaxing break. Where's next for you?

Comment by elizaclaire — September 29, 2009 @ 8:15 pm

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Again, Kyle, Thank you so much for sharing your photos and trip w/us. The photos are incredible!!

Comment by Kayla — September 30, 2009 @ 12:18 am

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