[Visit to Iceland by Ida Pfeiffer]@TWC D-Link bookVisit to Iceland CHAPTER VIII 30/54
The finest part is near Kroxleben. But the time was too short to take this round, and I returned by way of Drammen.
In the village of Muni, about five miles from Kongsberg, where I arrived at seven o'clock in the evening, the amiable host wished to keep me waiting again two hours for a horse; and as this would probably have happened at every station, I was obliged to hire a horse for the whole distance to Christiania, at a threefold price.
I slept here for a few hours, left in the night at one o'clock, and arrived at Christiania the following afternoon at two. On this journey I found all those people very kind and obliging with whom I came into no sort of pecuniary relation; but the hosts, the boatmen, the drivers, the guides, were as selfish and grasping as in any other country.
I believe that kindness and disinterestedness would only be found in any district by him who has the good fortune to be the first traveller. This little excursion was very dear; and yet I think I could now travel cheaply even in this country, universally acknowledged to be dear.
I would go with the steamer along the coast to Hammerfest, buy a little vehicle and a good horse there, and then travel pleasantly, and without annoyance, through the whole country.
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