{"id":1169,"date":"2015-07-23T05:57:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ildikototh.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2015-07-23T05:59:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:59:55","slug":"the-cruise-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ildikototh.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/the-cruise-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cruise Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/x_RkUOnFYfV3pui5f-6nis0VsW6ghmZJJizijAskAq19=w1024-h480-no\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\nWhen I arrived, I realized Flam was more of a tourist village that accommodated a lot of Chinese tourists and older people, aside from the hostel that had no more space. So I&#8217;m very glad to have booked a room in a ship in the neighboring town. When I arrived to Aurlandsvagen, it took very little time to find this ship. But it was much more amazing than I expected. I still can&#8217;t believe I was the inhabitant of this max-100 person cruise ship. They usually take it to the north on 2-3 month adventures. The owner, Mads is a quirky Norwegian man who has seen much of this world, I found out later. He even has been part of a reality show that follows extreme and professional athletes when they jump out of airplanes and off of ski jumps, fly parachutes and squirrel suits.<br \/>\nSo I was assigned to the room called \u201cThe Post Office\u201d, probably the size of a small walk-in closet. But it was exactly what I needed \u2013 little bed, sink, mini table and enough space to change. I even had a small porthole to view the Fjords! So worth the $90\/night \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/iKGDOab3_-m_PFKFUF_ofudgzv9IWKNl5kmgiPF8PpwJ=w379-h505-no\" width=\"379\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end of the day, I took a hike which kind of turned into me getting lost, then un-lost, finding some random sheep (they always seem to come in threes), a cascading waterfall and incredible views. My original plan was to try to hike to the top, but I hadn&#8217;t really checked the topography and I ended up on a slope that was around 35-40 degrees, full of rocks and impassable areas. I had to turn around, but I did manage to get about halfway up. On the way back, I could feel myself just turn into a sort of marshmallow, barely able to put one foot in front of the other. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/uauw8Z9OHXZGHNsiQJ_qcs9un4zE5jYyFsa3HbwLQOMm=w674-h505-no\" width=\"674\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-6MbWOw3KONUUT6T-UwPVPAESaiBTLTBvdU0y1G3a9lw=w1024-h437-no\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/j00rz9ynvajKPLAc0fbo45kiKmzIm_NgwQiG64tMG_IA=w674-h505-no\" width=\"674\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hanging out with some of the other inhabitants of the ship \u2013 similarly booking this lodging on Airbnb \u2013 I was once again able to practice speaking French since both families on board were from France. Thursday we go on a cruise to Sogndal and back in the same day. I offered to help, and I was put in charge of making soup and pasta for the tourists coming over from Sogndal to Flam \u2013 approx 16 Spaniards. Should be fun!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I arrived, I realized Flam was more of a tourist village that accommodated a lot of Chinese tourists and older people, aside from the hostel that had no more space. 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