Vitajte na Lofotach --- Welcome on the Lofoten islands

Tak tento tyzden som si to namieril pekne daleko za polarny kruh. Uplne presne 68 stupnov 20,5 minuty severnej zemepisnej sirky (alebo dlzky? To bolo davno co som sa toto ucil... :-P). Suostrovie Lofot, ktore je velmi velmi stare v porovnani s ostatnymi horami vo svete.

Ale tyzden zacal celodennou pisomkou z nemciny. Nebolo to lahke, ale ani tazke. Takze som skoncil v dobrom predstihu a aj tak som dostal 6ku. Aj ked som asi trikrat ponemcil norske slovo, takze Nemec by mu asi nerozumel. To je tak ked sa clovek uci viac jazykov naraz. V utorok nic specialneho, takze vecer som sa pobalil a na druhy den som nabral smer Bodø a z tadial Svolvær - hlavne mesto Lofot. Tymto som sa ulial z celodennej pisomky z anglictiny, ale tu som absolvoval dnes (5.5.). Nenavidim cestovanie. Teda lepsie povedane samotnu cestu, cize transport. A ta bola rovnako unavna ako tam, tak aj naspat. V stredu som musel stihnut autobus 5:30 na letisko, po skoro troch hodinach cesty autobusom som tam dorazil, siel na check-in a potom 2 hodiny cakat na lietadlo do Bodø. Po prilete som mal 5 hodin volno. Tak som si zobral bus do centra a siel hladat nejake miesto, kde by sa dal kupit listok na lod do Svolværu. Prvy krat tento rok s kratkymi rukavmi vonku. A za polarnym kruhom. Kto by to bol povedal :-D. Tak som presiel cez cele mesto do pristavu kde kotvi Hurtigruta (velka turisticka lod, ktora chodi popri norskom pobrezi a zastavuje v roznych mestach).

Tam mi povedali ze listky sa predavaju tam, z kadial som prisiel. Tak som siel naspat - musel som nejako zabit ten volny cas - a nasiel som infokancelariu, kde som si kupil listok na rychlolod do Svolværu o 17:15. Potom som siel troska preskumat mesto. Zistil som, ze je celkom pekne a najlepsie na nom je, ze vsetko je skoncentrovane dokopy, takze sa da ist na letisko z centra aj pesi.

Na obed som si kupil "vareny zemiak" - velmi oblubeny v Norsku - zemiak upeceny v alobale naplneny maslom s prichutou a smotanou a kazdy si moze vybrat, co k tomu chce. Ja som si priobjednal slaninu, syr a salat. Ten zemiak bol asi dvakrat vacsi ako som bol zvyknuty z Trysilu a tak som ho ledva zjedol. Potom som este chvilu bludil mestom a nakoniec som nastupil na lod. Je to taka pomerne mala lodka s miestom mozno pre 150 ludi. Vsetky sedacky su v jednej miestnosti. Lod zastavovala v roznych mesteckach a mohol som pozorovat skutocne krasnu prirodu severneho Norska. Po asi 3 hodinach sme konecne dorazili do Svolværu. Tam ma vyzdvihla, nemecka vymenna studentka Ellen, ktora byva tento rok v Svolvære. Je zaujimave, ze som sa ani necitil velmi unaveny po takom dlhom dni, a tak sme isli na oslavu ku jednej jej spoluziacke. Tam som ochutnal maso z velryby. Mnam :-D. Ono to vyzeralo a chutilo ako steak. Teraz uz chapem preco ich ludia lovia. Domov sme dosli asi o 1 rano. Zachvilu bude na Lofotach obdobie so svetlom 24 hod. denne a spravil som jedno videjko ako to tam vyzera o polnoci. Clovek krasne vidi na cestu pri takom svetle. Mohol som byvat u nich v "mastali", ako volaju jeden malicky domcek s kuchynou, kupelnou a spalnou hned vedla ich domu :-P Tak som sa vyspal (resp. nevyspal - prvy krat som sa prebudil o 3 rano pretoze bolo svetlo ako o 8:00 a nasledne som sa prebudil o 5:00 pretoze slnko plestilo ako na poludnie :-D) a o 10:00 sme sa stretli a sli do mesta na prvomajovy sprievod :-P Hehe, prvy a posledny krat na prvomajovom sprievode. Zastupcovia socialistickych a komunistickych stran kritizovali vsetko co sa dalo a potom siel sprievod cez mesto, orchester hral Internationalu a Natur og ungdom (Priroda a mladez - organizacia na ochranu zivotneho prostredia, kde je Ellen clenom, protestovala proti tazbe ropy na severe). Bolo zaujimave zucastnit sa, ale nabuduce nie dakujem...

Na poludnie sme zobrali bicykle a sli sme do susedneho mesta Kabelvåg, kde hral Ellenin norsky brat spolu s kamaratom pre publikum, ktore si uzivalo slnecne luce pred "krcmou". Potom sme nabrali smer Henningsvær. Cestou sme sa mohli kochat nadhernou prirodou. Henningsvær je tiez rybarske mesto a to sa da vidiet podla tohto:
Nori lovia tresky a potom ich nechaju susit na takychto vesiakoch. Dokonca tam maju aj strasiakov na odplasenie cajok :-). V Henningsvære sme sa sli pozriet na majak a potom sme sli naspat. Boli sme pozvani (teda ona bola pozvana:-D) na narodeninovu oslavu jednej jej kamaratky. Upiekla vybornu pizzu. Tak sme zacali s pozeranim filmu, presli na hranie quizu na Playstation, potom na spievanie na Playstation (:-D moja oblubena cinnost:-D)

a skoncili pri hrani nejakych hier. Asi o polnoci sme sa podakovali a bicyklovali asi 45 minut domov. Ten den sme nabicyklovali vyse 50 km. Ale je pravda, ze preskumat Lofoty na bicykli sa oplati. Na druhy den som musel stavat opat pomerne skoro, nakolko som si chcel zahrat golf a musel stihnut autobus o 9:00. Tak sme asi po 50 minutach dosli na golfove ihrisko. Tam bol len sami americky personal - ma to trosku prekvapilo. Tak som si pozical palice a siel sa trocha rozohriat na driving. A potom som sa pustil na 9 jamiek. Take ihrisko ako toto clovek nehra len tak kazdy den.

Sice hrisko bolo otvorene len jeden den a kvalita nebola nic moc a vacsina odpalisk boli umele podlozky, ta sceneria to vynahradovala. Hrisko je doslova pri mori a na niektorych jamkach clovek musi odpalit cez plaz alebo cez zatoku a navyse byt rovny. Zeby som mal nejake dobre vysledky sa neda povedat, ale som na spravnej ceste k vylepseniu mojej hry :-D Po tom, co som dohral, sme sli vystupit na horu Hoven, ktora je hned pri hrisku, asi 365 m vysoka. Za hodinu sme boli na vrchole a tam sa nam naskytol krasny vyhlad. Nie sme nahodou v Karibiku?

Minibus nas nevyzdvihol, a tak sme im museli zavolat. Takze nakoniec prisli, aj ked o nieco neskor. Nastastie bol autobus oneskoreny, takze sme ho stihli a okolo 16:00 sme boli v Svolvære. Navecerali sme sa spolu s jej rodinou, ktora nas potom zobrala na vylet lodou, ktoru vlastni domaceho otec. Krasne pocasie. Tak sme navstivili nejakeho ich znameho na susednom ostrove a sli naspat. Vecer sme este popozerali fotky a siel som spat. Na druhy den rano mi sla lod naspat o 6:30, co opat znamenalo skore vstavanie. O 10:00 som bol v Bodø a letadlo letelo az o 19:05. V tom zabijani casu nie som az tak dobry, takze som siel do leteckeho muzea. Ma tvar vrtule a je zname v celom Norsku. Mapuje celu historiu letectva, svetoveho aj norskeho, od jeho zaciatkov az po dnesok. Je tam kopa starych lietadiel a cele muzeum je velmi zaujimave.

Aby som zabil cas, cital som popis vsetkeho okolo coho som presiel. Po 4,5 hodinach som presiel cele muzeum a siel na letisko. Tam som odovzdal batozinu a zacal si citat knihu. Potom mi uz zacala kvickat hlava tak som si musel zdriemnut na letisku. Zrovna pohodlne to nebolo. Po navrate do Osla som mal dalsie 2 hodiny k dispozicii. Tak som si precital casopis z lietadla, nasadol na autobus a okolo 1:40 prisiel naspat do Trysilu. Vstal som skoro o 11:00, najedol som sa a siel pomoct s hrabanim travy. Uplne super vidiet travu bez snehu. Takze uz sme nainstalovali trampolinu aj volejbalovu siet. Vecer som siel so spoluziakmi do kina na muzikal Sweeney Todd. Super hudba, len to bolo dost krvave. A po 5 dnoch na dovolenke opat do skoly...



This week I travelled really far behind the polar circle. Quite exactly 68 grades 20,5 minutes N. Lofoten islands are very old in the comparison to other mountain ranges in the world.

The week began with the whole-day-exam from German. It was neither easy nor difficult. So I was finished maybe 2 hours before and got 6. Although I used some Norwegian words in my German text:-P. Well,well, that is how it goes when one learns many languages... Nothing special on Tuesday so I packed my things and started in direction Bodø and afterwards Svolvær - the capital of Lofoten. I got rid of the whole-day-exam from English but I have took it today (5.5.) I hate travelling. Or just transporting myself, to say it precisely. And it was exhausting both on the way there and back. On Wednesday I had to catch the bus at 5:30 to the airport, after almost 3 hours in the bus I arrived at the airport, checked-in and waited 2 hours for the plane to Bodø. After the arrival I had 5 hours free, so I took the bus to city centre and went to find some place where I could buy tickets for the vessel to Svolvær. So I walked through the whole city to the harbour where Hurtigruta (a big ship transporting the tourists along the Norwegian coast and stopping in som cities ) was anchored.

I was told there that I have to go back and buy it in the information office. So I went back - I had to kill the free time somehow :-D - and I found the office and bought the ticket. The vessel departed first at 17:15 so I had spared time. I went to explore the city. I found out that it is very nice and everything is within walking distance - even the airport.

I bought "baked potatoe" for the lunch. It is very popular here in Norway - a potatoe filled with flavoured butter and sour cream. I ordered also cheese, bacon and salad. Very tasty but a bit bigger than in Trysil so I had problems to eat it:-D. After that I was just wandering through the city for a while and then I got on the boat. It is such a small boat with place for 150 people. All the seats are in one room. The vessel stopped in some small towns on the coast and I could observe a beautiful North-Norwegian nature. We arrived at Svolvær after three hours. Ellen, a German exchange student living in Svolvær this year, picked me up. It was interesting, that I did not feel tired so we went to her classmate's party. I tried the meat from the whale for the firts time. Yummi :-D. It looked and tasted like a beef steak. Now I can understand why the people are killing them.We came home at 1:00 am. In a few days, the sun will be shining there for 24 hours and I made one video how does it look like now at midnight. You can see the road without any problems. I stayed sleeping in their "barn", as they call a small house with kitchen, bathroom and bedroom by their own house. I did not sleep well, since at 3 am the sun was shining like at 8 am and then I woke up for the second time at 5 am because it was so light as at noon:-D. We met at 10 am and went to 1st May parade :-P. Hehe, for the first and the last time... Socialists and communists criticised everything and then the parade went through the town, orchestra was playing L'internationale song and Natur og ungdom (Nature and youth - environmental organization where Ellen is a member) protested against the oil industry in north Norway. It was interesting to participate but no, thanks next time...

At 12 am, we took the bycicles and drove to the neighbour town of Kabelvåg, where Ellen's Norwegian brother played guitar and sang for the audience which enjoyed the sun rays in front of the pub. After that we took direction Henningsvær. On the way there we could enjoy a beautiful landscape:
Henningsvær is also a town of fishermen and one can see it in this way:
The Norwegians catch the cod and then hang them and let them dry out. They even have man figurines there to scare the sea gulls :-D We take a look at the local lighthouse and then we went back. We were invited (actually only she was invited :-D) to a birthday party of her friend. She made a delicious pizza. We began with watching the film, after that we played a quiz show on the Playstation, then sang Singstar on the Playstation (my favourite activity :-D)

and finished with playing some games.Around midnight, we said thank you and drove home for next 45 minutes. That day we cycled cca. 50 km but it is true that the best way to explore Lofoten is from bicycle saddle. I had to stand up quite early also the next day in order to catch the bus to golf course at 9am. We came to the golf course after 50 minutes. Only Americans there - I was surprised. So I borrowed the clubs and went to driving range to warm up. After that I played 9 holes. You do not play a course like this every day.

The course had been opened for only one day, so the quality was bad, with artificial tee boxes, but the scenery was gorgeous. Course is literally by the sea and I had to drive over the beaches and the sea. I can not say I played well but I am on the right way... After playing 9 holes we climbed up the mountain behind the golf course called Hoven (365 m). We reached the top in one hour and were rewarded by a great view. Are not we in Carribean?

The taxi which goes to the bus stop did not pick us up so we had to call them. So they came later but fortunately the bus was also late. We arrived at Svolvær at 4 pm. We ate the dinner with her family and then they took us for a boat trip. The grandfather owns one boat so we hired it and went to visit some friends on one of the islands. In the evening we watched the pictures and went to sleep. Next morning I had to catch the vessel to Bodø at 6:30 so I did not sleep very well again. I came to Bodø at 10 am and the plane went 9 hours later. I am not so good time-killer so I went to The aviation museum. It looks like a propeller and is known in the whole Norway. I could read there about the avaiation's history in Norway and in the world. There are loads of old aeroplanes there and the whole museum is very interesting.

I read every single information to be there as long as possible. After 4,5 hours I was finished and went to the airport. I checked-in, began reading a book but was so tired that I had to take a nap. It was not very comfortable but it fullfilled the purpose. After the arrival to Oslo I had 2 hours free so I was reading the SCANORAMA magazine from the plane and waited for the bus. I came home at 1:40. I woke up before 11:00, ate breakfast and helped with the raking of leaves. We set up the trampoline. In the evening, I went to the cinema with my classmates to see Sweeney Todd. Great music, but a bit disgusting. And after 5 days free back to school...