Sunday, March 1, 2009London I awoke again at 5 am. I am now convinced it has something to do with the temperature in my bedroom–perhaps it is too warm! While in Oslo, I slept effortlessly until almost 7 am each day. Yet, here I was, unable to get back to sleep and, left with little…
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Goodbye Oslo, Hello London!
Saturday, February 28, 2009Oslo-London Day Three–Tying up Loose Ends:The Oslo Opera House:I awoke to another hearty Norwegian breakfast and having packed my backpack for my 6. 20 pm Ryanair departure from Torp airport, I decided to spend my last day seeing a few things that I did not want to leave Oslo without covering. Breakfasting…
Bygdoy–Oslo’s Lovely Peninsular
Friday, February 27, 2009Oslo, Norway Exploring Bygdo–The Viking Ships Museum: I decided to devote Day Two to Bygdoy (Like Big Boy, except this is Big Doy!), a peninsular that juts into the fjord. Once an island, it was reclaimed by Karl Johans and now had a motorway that connects the island to the mainland. Claimed…
Exploring Downtown Oslo
Thursday, February 26, 2009Oslo, Norway Day One in Oslo–Breakfast at the Youth Hostel:Because I had managed to get some reading done from my Norway DK Eye Eyewitness Guide en route to Stanstead airport, I decided that I would spend my first day in the City Center getting oriented. It seemed that the city was rather…
Hullo Norway!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009London-Oslo Never having been to Scandinavia, I was excited about my visit to Norway. And not having read too much about it until I was on the coach driving to Stanstead airport, I really did not know what to expect. I mean, there are a few aspects about it we all know:…