For my second night I wanted to find a hostel to save money. The night before I stayed at a 'Pension' which is like a hotel but with shared bath. The pension cost about 80CDN, and a hostel is usually around 50CDN.
The place I found was in East Oslo. Here is the scummier side of Oslo. What I didnot realize the first night, was that I was staying in a place kitty-corner to the King's residence and the high-street: a european version of Robson and 4th ave.
East Oslo was a bit scummier. I passed a few beggars on the way to the Hostel. When I got to the hostel there was three people ahead of me. While in line a man stood behind me. He smelled like he had been pickled. It was really bad and is probably hard to imagine, but it was difficult to actually stand nearby. It was at that point that I wondered how the Hostels allocated shared rooms... i.e. If there are two beds available and two random people show up at the same time do they get sent to the same room or do they get distributed throughout the hostel...
The East side is not bad. No worse than what we have in Vancouver.
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