Afterwards, my friend Kristen and I met up (she flew over to Sweden to eventually continue on to France) to travel a bit. We decided that Lofoten Islands would be a great place to see. They are apparently voted in the top three islands to visit by National Geographic Travel magazine. And I am not suprised.
To get here we took a 17 hour train ride from Uppsala to Narvik, Norway. We stayed there the night and continued on to Lofoten Islands (specifically Svolvaer) via a 4 hour bus.
Once there I rested a bit and the view from everywhere was simply amazing - some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. We continued on to see the trollfjords and some seahawks and fed seagulls (they out of my hand - almost from my hand). The fjords were simply breathtaking - some of the most fake looking mountains ever.
In a couple of days I will be heading on over to Morocco....
That's my update for now.
here are some pictures of the area (don't look at me - I look bad in these pictures - but the scenery is splendid as I have already stated multiple times)...
http://picasaweb.google.com/ksmark87/Europe200902# (this is Kristen's european picture archive so not all of them pertain to me or trips that I have been/will be on)
