Day 12 – Kongsberg
January 9, 2011
Jan 03, 2011
We woke up a little earlier in order to go to the bank and the post office. That done, David took me to one of his favourite cafés for lunch. One nice pannini and a cafe latte later and it was off to the old town with me and a camera.
Once again, a very pretty place, covered in picturesque snow, up on a hill so it overlooked the rest of the town to one side, and the river and the new town on the other. I slipped and slid around a bit, but no spectacular collapses. I tried to take some shots of the river too, with the dark waters rushing between sheets of solid ice. It was quite the scene as snow started to fall. Very pretty.
I think this is going to have to be my one word to sum up this country: “pretty”. I have a habit of finding a single word to describe places or people, so here I have arrived on the definition of Norway. It’s good to have done so.
I found some reindeer slices in the supermarket, so David and I had a sandwich made from Norwegian brown bread and Norwegian brown cheese to go with it. We washed it down with some Norwegian beer – including the unfortunately named ‘Aass’. The reindeer was very good: a lot like beef, but not quite as heavy.
After a while it was time for dinner. We went out for Indian; one of the great Norwegian restaurant food groups. The curry was very good, but I found I preferred Japanese style naan more, being thicker and chewier than the thin and crispy variety done in this particular establishment. To accompany the meal we had a Bangladeshi beer, which was a lot like other beers from tropical climes; light and easy to drink, well suited to hot food.
Another ice cream, another cup of tea, another good movie on TV (Bourne Supremacy) and it was time to try to get some sleep before a very early rise and departure for Oslo airport and the conclusion of my trip.
