Our train to Oslo was pretty fun, we got to see the great scenery again and we also spent a lot of time in the train's restaurant car with Doug and Lawrence over a couple beers trying to get some life advice from gentlemen wiser and more successful (they have jobs) than ourselves. Oslo turned out to be a nice city, but like Helsinki it was a little smaller than I expected, only about 500,000 people. However, it seemed to have a little more character than Helsin...

The western part of Norway is absolutely beautiful. I had no idea. This part of the country rivals the Swiss Alps, if not better. Everybody talks about Switzerland, but you don't hear much about Norway, definitely unjust because this is as good as it gets. We arrived here by taking another free cruise boat from Helsinki to Stockholm, just as good the second time. However, this time I spent some time in the game room that has free PS2 video games, it just kee...