School Trip

Hi ya´ll!

This past week I have been on an interesting, but also entertaining, trip in the very elongated land I am proud to call my own. The trip began when we drove from school, at Tuesday. From there on we made good time, using E18 as our main driving route. Ooh, I forgot to mention! It was not a completely ordinary trip, it was also a geography excursion. That meant that we also had to pay attention to the landscape that we were passing, and in Norway, the landscape is ALWAYS shifting!

Anyway, one of our first stops was in Hell. Quite literally. There is a place in Norway called Hell, in fact, there are several! The point of this short pause was to visit the great potholes that are located there. For those who don´t know, a pothole is formed by a lot of swirling water, over a great many years. 

Later that day we also went to see another geographical phenomenon, called "Kvitskriuprestinn". Now, I know, it´s difficult to read (and pronounce) but it´s Norwegian guys, so please excuse me. "Kvitskriuprestinn" are a few columns of white rock located up in the mountain-/hillside. They are made when a "large" rock lies on top of softer rock/ground. Acting like an umbrella, the rock prevents the softer stone underneath it from being corroded by the rain. The result are these somewhat unique rock pyramids.

That evening we camped by the river Sjoa. The next day started early, with rafting in Sjoa. I promise you, it was fun! Afterwards, we continued on, and soon we found ourselves in a small town called Lom. Here we visited an exhibition in the Norwegian Mountain Museum. Later we drove up to "Juvashytta" close to "Galdhøpiggen" and went inside an icedrift nearby. Pretty cool I´d say! 

The next day we also went up to "Juvashytta", but this time to make our way to the top of the highest mountain in Norway. It was a long walk, about 3 hours I think. We started by walking from "Juvasshytta" to a glacier, then continued on by crossing the glacier, called "Styggebreen", before we began the climb to the top. And was it worth it? Most definitely! The view from the peak is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend taking the time to go up there! 

This excursion had, I guess, a somewhat funny end to it. You see, I for one, and evidently the rest of the class too actually, had forgotten to use sun cream. Now, we all look like a bunch of tomatoes!