So Friday night after watching the opening ceremony, we decided to take a bike ride through downtown.....at 1 am. We first started out across the bridge you saw in pictures from the last post. It was so quiet and peaceful. After the bridge, we headed to downtown where the food festival and all the bars were. It was pretty entertaining! Granted, it was a Friday night, but one thing I've quickly learned about Norwegians is that they drink to party. I'm pretty sure 1 out of 3 people had to be held up by a friend because they couldn't stand on their own. I was just surprised to see so many people, guys and girls, that were wasted so early in the night. It is summer time in Stavanger though!! So after getting some laughs in, we rode by the lake and then back to the apartment to call it a night.
Saturday we got up and headed out to probably the most known tourist attraction in the area, Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock). I wish I had pictures easily accessible for you to see, but do a quick google and be impressed! To get to this massive cliff we took a ferry to a nearby city. Once we got to the entrance, we started our 2.5 mile hike to the top which is 1982 feet high. Talk about some crazy intense areas....for my fairbanksians, angel rocks is like a stepping stone to this hike or like doing a 5k instead of the whole marathon. Anyways, while it did take about an hour and a half to two hours each way, the views from the top were more than worth it. Absolutely gorgeous!! Imagine literally sitting on a cliff with your feet dangling over knowing you are that high up, whew, I was so nervous! We got some great pictures though so you will be able to see the true story when I can get them up.
After the hike, we headed home to shower and change for a night out. We met up with one of Mike's Norwegian friends that works with him and ate at a nice steak restaurant downtown. The food was really good even if my steak was an ox. Yep, I had ox. Not really sure what else to say about that except it tasted just like steak to me, but had a little more fat on it. After dinner, we ventured over to some of the bars on the main drag and I had one of the norway special drinks. Not actually sure about the name or spelling, but it sounds like they call it sour feet, haha. It has lime juice, jäger, coke, and possibly vodka. We aren't sure :) While I am NOT a fan jäger, this drink actually didn't taste too bad and so I was able to enjoy it! After a few drinks,we headed back home to call it a night.
Today marked a rainy day again so we remained somewhat low key. It is also my last day here so plenty of packing and getting ready to do after being here for 4 nights. Earlier this afternoon, we drive east to get some more views in but of another area. We headed back into town for a late lunch at a make your own sandwich place that was really good. After eating, we picked up tickets for a movie later, and headed out to see the statue of the three swords. The statue is in memory of a battle and when Norway became ruled by one king rather than three. It started raining right as we got there so we grabbed some quick pics and were on our way. Back in town, we headed to the theater to see The Dark Knight. Movie theaters are obviously different than America, but here you pick your seats when you get your tickets so you actually have an assigned seat, kinda crazy. The other thing i thought was funny was that while the language here is Norwegian, the entertainment at the theaters is in English. So we got to see the movie in English and they just have Norwegian subtitles at the bottom,how crazy!
The movie was really good and afterwards we headed back to the house for me to do some laundry, start packing, watch some Olympics, and enjoy Thai takeout. A great end to an amazingly beautiful and fun weekend. I had such a get host! Off tomorrow for my flight to Copenhagen and to see what kind of adventure we can find there!
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