Gaustad Hotell Oslo
Sognsvannsveien 20 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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In the begging
... as Chris likes to say spectacular, with hundreds of waterfalls. We are at present 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, having wild camped for the last few nights. Something which is quite easy to do in Norway and it keeps Chris and his wallet happy.
As you will see from the photos weave now crossed the Arctic Circle and are only about 150 miles from the North Cape.e start of the Arctic Circle is how you imagine it should be…snow, ...
Oslo
... was very special and exciting. We then headed to Gro's mum's house which would be our base for our week in Oslo. When we arrived there was a home-cooked meal waiting for us. Yum!
The terrorsaken
We arrived in Oslo only two days after the bombing and the shooting so we were expecting the place to be a bit different to normal. We had thought carefully about whether to skip Oslo but put our trust in Smarttraveller and the fact that it ...
There was nor way we were missing out on...Oslo!
... of time.
One interesting thing about Norway is how much they love their statues, as they seem to be in every town. I think there was even a statue for the man who built most of the statues. But the Norwegian accent is a real winner, and somewhat reminiscent of the Swedish chef from "The Muppet Show". The 20 hours of daylight is really wonderful, as there’s still enough light until 10pm to walk around. The women here too are beautiful, which should appeal ...
A few days exploring Oslo
Ever since I was very young I wanted to see the land of trolls, fjords and moutains, and it was definetely worth waiting almost 15 years! The capital city has nothing to do with the ones I'm used to seing in Canada, there seemed to be a way better balance between buildings and green spaces, it is very clean and peaceful. I spent most of my time just walking around the city, ...
Oslo'ing it
... of Lego! Travelling back to the airport I was faced with a minor incident - I missed the boarding time of my plane by 5 minutes and got to sit at the airport for 30 minutes until I got to see my airplane fly away into the sky... A 24 hour wait was required at the airport before I could board another plane, get back to Berlin and then the long train back to Braunschweig a day after than expected.
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