After John came to town later this morning, we proceeded to explore the other side of town where the trams are supposed to run. But of course we didn't see any - maybe like most things and places, everything is either closed or not in service. This area is also where most of their locals live. After that, we cross another one of their bridge and walked towards the indoor water 'playground' (?). This place costs like 20 sing to get in but it boasts a 50m pool, a wave pool, a few kiddie pools, some amusement tunnel slides and a 10m diving pool. It is also situated beside the sea. Strangely enough, this place reminds me a lot of San Francisco. Not the congestion of Fishermen Wharves, but the view from there. They have a Monk's Island here which is Trondheim's execution ground in the ancient times which was later converted to a prison. They also have houses on hills round the other side of the bay like Sausalito.
After that, we proceeded to cross another another bridge to come to another part of town where there is just this long rows of cafes and restaurants by the river. Hung out for a while and proceeded to look for a church with English Service. But no one seemed to know where it was and we didn't bump into any africans (apparantly there is a church where 75% of the church goers were the christian Africans) In the end, we decided to attend the English service held by an anglican church next to the Nidaros Cathedral.
After failing to look for the particular church that John wanted to go, we decided to go back to the hotel and rest. It was getting too hot and most things weren't open too. Moreover Wei and John were tired. Wei wasn't feeling too good either. He was sniffing and coughing this morning.
We basically chilled out in the hotel room till 5.45 and went to attend the church service. The service lasted about 40 minutes. After that, Wei and John walked back to their apt to cook dinner. Told Wei to drink more water, take his vit C , flu medication and sleep early tonight. He still has to settle some of his other admin stuff tomorrow.
The plan for tomorrow : I have the whole morning and half of the afternoon to myself. I am probably going to sign up for the 2hr city tour after finding out the places it will go to. It is likely to be a walking tour with an English speaking guide. I also want to find out more information about the train to Oslo as well as the Oslo Pass they are talking about in the brochure. Then it will be my tuen to walk up to the student village to meet up with Wei and John. I intend to cook pasta with garlic bread for them and me. John will also bring us to the grocery store near their apts. Wei will have to get groceries and start cooking too. I hope that Wei can settle his admin things without a hitch tomoorow since half the time the admin people in his school are also a bit blur themselves and they close so early too! Let's hope he feels better too after a good night's rest.
Well, I better get going to grab some dinner before it gets too dark! Hahahahahah! Did you get my corny joke?
Posted by Tien-Ling at July 20, 2003 06:47 PM | TrackBack