Thursday, September 19, 2013

Student Cruise to Denmark

Every year UiA has a free student cruise to Denmark. A bunch of students get on the Color Line ferry and take a 3 hour trip to Hirtshals and a 3 hour trip back to buy duty free items on the boat. Of course people mainly purchase alcohol and tobacco. There was an all you can eat and drink buffet (not free - nothing is free here) which was pretty good. It was my first time on a ship this large and only my second time on a boat on the ocean. I definitely got a little sea sick but was able to keep the massive amounts of food and drink in ;).



They had some old school Boomerang on!


This drunk Norwegian lady so kindly joined our dinner.
 The ship was a lot nicer than I thought it would be. Here you see Mike, Laima and Mattieu hanging out.

Preikestolen Trip


The other week ESN hosted a trip to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) for us exchange students. We took a bus for 3.5 hours to our destination and then hiked for 1.5 hours to Pulpit Rock, which stands around 2000ft above the fjord. The hike wasn't bad and the view was absolutely amazing, something I have never experienced before in my life. Afterwards we stayed in a hotel in Stavanger which was a beautiful city as well.