Sunday 13 June 2010

Several Adventures, all in Foreign Languages

Hello.
I know it's been a while.
the last couple weeks of April and the first couple weeks of May were spent studying and writing essays for school. my one and only sitting exam was on May 20, and on the 21st I headed to Vienna. I spent a few days wandering around sunny Vienna, seeing the sights and taking a lot of pictures. I'll just post a whole lot of those, and use fewer words.

National Library


Riesenrad


Mozart's memorial


Beethoven's Grave


Gloriette at Schonbrunn Castle


Schonbrunn Castle


City Hall


Mozarthaus


View from the Riesenrad


From Vienna I flew to Copenhagen, and wandered around there for a few days.

Tivoli Gardens


The Little Mermaid's temporary sister in Tivoli Gardens (the original is on loan to China)


Hans Christian Andersen's grave


The ponderer


The Round Tower


in the Botanical Gardens


The Changing of the Guard


After Copenhagen I took an overnight ferry to Oslo. I spent three days in Oslo, then took a train over to Voss (near Bergen), then onto Bergen, where after a few days I flew back to Swansea.

View from the Ferry in the morning


Radhus (City Hall)


Vigeland Sculpture Park





Vigeland Sculpture Park


The Circle of Life


Viking Ships Museum


Hovedøya


Vies of Voss from my hostel


Statue of Grieg in Bergen


View from Mt Fløyen


Troldhaugen - Grieg's home





Norway by Airplane


I've spent the last couple of days packing my things up. Near the end of this week I head to Barcelona, and then I'll head up to Scotland for a couple weeks. My aunt is coming out to visit right before my flight home, and I'm pretty excited about that. I'll probably save everything for one last update, but I may split it into two.