We started the day by changing hotels. We would end up going to what will now be our
new home-base between episodes. It wasn’t
too far from the Grand Hotel and it’s still in the heart of the city, so it
makes for a great location. In fact, the
hotel has a nice gym, nice restaurant, and some other nice amenities. The only catch is that again, we have to
share a small size queen bed with another guy.
After getting to the hotel, we dropped off our bags and went
to lunch. Again, my intentions were to
go sight-seeing with Johnathan after lunch, but Alf had some insight that changed
my current thinking. Recently, I’ve been
thinking that I should start eating more salads, instead of the meat and carbs
that seems to be served with every meal.
Along with that, I decided that I should start passing on the free beer
that we get with most of our meals, since I’m starting to put some weight back
on and I may not be in as great of shape as I need to be. I told this to Alf, to which he responded, “That’s
the stuff you can do at home. How many
times are you going to be in Norway on someone else’s dime? You might as well enjoy every moment of it!” He’s right!
I don’t have to overeat or get drunk every night, but if it’s not going
to affect how I do on the show, why not enjoy it! With that, Alf, C.J. and I ordered the restaurant’s
largest beer, and after lunch, instead of sight-seeing, our Mama for the day, “Mama
Christine Two” (a substitute Mama for the day, since the other three had the
day off), took us to her favorite day-drinking spot! Christine, Alf, C.J. and I spent our next
three hours sitting at an outdoor café talking, drinking, and watching the day
go by. I still plan on going to see some
sights at some point, but as you know, this is exactly how I like to
vacation! Just sharing some beer and
stories with good friends! Great times
and I’m glad I did it!
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| We're some real G's! CJ, Alf and I, beginning our alcoholism! |
Next came dinner with Mama Brita. We went to a Thai restaurant and I really
liked it! (I don’t think I have had Thai
before and I’m not sure if Indianapolis has any great spots, but if they do, we
need to find them! It may have been my
beers from the afternoon, but it was really good!) After dinner, I really wanted to see a
sporting event. Unfortunately, there
wasn’t anything going on in town.
However, there was a huge soccer match on TV that night. While everyone else went back to the hotel,
Brita, Johnathan, Amy, C.J. and I went to a bar to watch it. The place was packed and we ended up standing
to watch the first half. I was
frustrated with that bar, so I decided to walk and see if I could find another
bar with some seats. On my way, I heard
the sound of live music, so I decided to check it out!
The place was a small club and had a very artsy feel to
it. I made my way through the crowd to
the bar, ordered a drink, but discovered that my credit card wouldn’t work
there (which seems to happen at every other place we go). Fortunately, some guy noticed that I was struggling
and offered to buy it for me! This, of
course, started a great conversation.
He, myself and two of his friends hung out for the next couple of
hours. His name was Amund and he has a
three year old boy, so we had a lot to talk about. I felt bad about him having to buy me a beer,
so I made a quick run to find an ATM, so I could buy him a round in return. On the way, every corner had some guy trying
to sell you weed. I was told to not make
eye contact with any of them, which I adhered to. However, when I got to the ATM, I noticed
that one guy was tracking me from behind and another guy was getting closer
from the other direction. I was pretty sure
that I was about to get mugged, so I prepped myself to start swinging. Fortunately, my money came pretty quickly and
the guys hung back a little bit. I quickly
parted the area and made my way back to the bar.
After a couple more rounds of beers with my new friends, the
band wrapped up their show, which started to empty the bar. I took that as a good time to say my goodbyes
and headed back to the hotel. I got back
around 1:00 and went straight to bed. I
may not have seen all the sights of Oslo, but I did get to spend a lot of time
hanging with Oslo’s people. I’m good
with that! Good times, good night!
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