The purpose of this blog entry is to explore the way we talk about cities. As the authors we have read so far point out, our ideas about cities come to us from a variety of sources — in other words, from many different narratives.
My dream vacation, I would enjoy very much to visit Oslo in the mid summer. I have really been facinated with Scandinavia. Something about it just makes me want to go there. I did some research into the city and found out that it is where a majority of Norway's population is found. To me it just seems like a very peaceful city located on the side of the bay. With moutains around covered in green pine trees. I guess I enjoy the picturesque scenes like that. I've also read that it is a very safe city and that the main thing to worry about is pickpocketing and other theivery.
Though one thing that would be really challenging is the language barrier. Some people visiting France, Spain or Italy who have taken some Spanish, French, or Italian can sort of figure out what the natives are saying. But Norwegian is completely different then those languages. I've always had a want to learn it but I can't seem to find anywhere that can teach it. Been told that english is taught as a second language in all norwegian schools so native norwegians are likely to respond in english.
I have not really seen much media portrayal of Oslo. It's one of those cities most people don't really pay much attention to, I guess it's my own fascination that drove me to pick Oslo.
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