Statistics of the trip:
Date: 30th November 2006 to 3rd December 2006
Team: Balaji Venkataseshan, Prashanth Raghavendra and Vikram Chadaga ![]()
Places Visited in Norway: Oslo, Kongsberg, Myrdal, Flam
Number of Nights slept: 2 out of 5 (best use of vacation time
)
Craziest things done:
- Slept in the train station
- Watched Seinfeld on my laptop in the train station
- Partied till 3AM and watched Seinfeld in the train station till 8AM
- Climbed snow covered mountain with sports shoe at -5deg C with a heavy bag!
Click below to view the photos:
- Day 1: Around Oslo
- Day 2: Trek at Kongsberg
- Day 3: Oslo -> Myrdal -> Flam
- Day 4: Flam -> Myrdal -> Stuttgart
Prashanth and I write about the whole journey, Balaji adds his unique comments, so read on!
29th November 2006, 11:17 PM
Route:
Stuttgart (23:05) to Mannheim (23:43) – Train
Mannheim (23:48) to Mainz (00:31) – Train
Mainz (03:45) to Frankfurt hahn (04:55) – Bus
Frankfurt hahn (06:30) to Oslo Torp Sandefjord (8:30) – Air
Oh Boy! That was my first expression looking at the itinerary. Whole night no sleep
Right now traveling in the ICE train at the speed of 250Kmph I can feel my ears pop every 5 min.
30th November 2006, 5:22 AM
We have reached the Frankfurt Hahn airport. We just had the security check-in and they threw out my deodorant, shampoo and my toothpaste and Prashanth’s deodorant. But Balaji knew all about it and was prepared to stink right from the beginning!!!
Before this we had a wait of 3 hours in the Mainz Train station.

Prashanth and I watched Seinfeld Season 2 and didn’t realize how time flew. Big Balaji tried to fit himself in a small chair and tried to sleep!