Radisson Sas Airport Hotel Gardermoen

... and were on display although the jewelry was pillfered... Sandy bought a Viking (V's are W's here, so now we call his purchase a Wikings sheild!) Wery cool stuff!


We then went to the Kon-Tiki museum. I didn`t realize that it was a Norwegian dude who did this exploration! His name was Thor Heyerdhal.The raft was there and the acolades from around the world were displayed.....first documentary ever given an Oscar! I believe it was 1959......the guy was a total ...

... to as announcements were constantly being made over the loud speakers. The captain informed us that they were expecting very rough weather with swells of 30 to 40 feet and high winds. Most people, my self not included, decided to pop some seasickness pills to try to help with the seasickness that was expected that night. No one wanted to miss out on the biggest party of the cruise, a masquerade party in Heaven 11.   Almost as soon as we left for the voyage back ...

... upon their death, to kill many horses, dogs and even personal slaves to accompany the deceased in the after-life. They also would throw in provisions and cookware - even horse drawn sleighs. Now, don't we all picture the after-life as being a place that isn't cold and snowy where we'd need a sleigh to pull us all over? Although it rained all day, we hit the outdoor park known as Vigelandsparken. Twas a large outdoor park with many ...

... it's closed then when I'm going to turn on the next street I see a sign that seems like it's a one way. Well the streets are so bad and sloped that I drop the bike as I make a quick stop not to turn. Someone comes to help me ( a young woman who was on a motorcycle) but I have a full tank of gas and the bike is sloping down towards the curb to make it worse. Well, as she was pushing hard to get the bike up, so did I. I knew right away I was at the ...

... Al. Incredibly the train broke down, which seems a fitting end to our trans-continental train journey, considering the way it started (by plane). So our late arrival into Oslo at 1am, in a pretty intense thunderstorm, wasn't the best but the rest of our stay in Oslo was great. Norway isn't big on air-conditioning. Apparently it doesn't usually get this warm and air-con is a redundancy for 95% of the year. Still when you're on the top floor of a hostel in a room with 7 ...

... V (1299-1319) did Oslo become the capital city. However, it had a very short-lived capital status. The death of an heirless Håkon in 1319 marked the virtual end of Norway as an independent country until 1905. Tracing the intricate Scandinavian royal family tree, an heir was found in Sweden, and soon, Erik became not only the king of Norway but also of Sweden and Denmark under the grand Kalmar Union in 1397. It was during this time that ...

... got stuck in a snow drift and i had to dig him out. My hands were aching from the cold at this point and i was getting the feeling that Ben was more trouble than he was worth. I stopped for some food, fed Ben and decided that i was going to let him fend for himself from this point on so i could enjoy the scenery on the climb down alone. To speed up our separation i made a Bear Gryllis style decent to the rocky trail below, sat on my ass sliding at some speed down the snow. The ...

It is 8:00 right now and I am headed out to attept to find a plug converter. I didn't bring one because I thought Melanie would have one. But I am off to go find one!! Will write more of my day when I return... Ok So it took quite a bit of searching but I found a plug converter after going to like 30 places. But it cant take anything past 100Wats.. And its kinda large and heavy, I thought it would just be like something you put on the end of your plug but its ...

Becki, Sean, Laura and I decided on a last minute trip to Oslo for the weekend. We decided to take the train... On the way there the train was pretty much full with sailors and soldiers. Had anyone tried to attack the Oslo-bound train from Stavanger I think we would have been well protected. The train ride was eight hours long so even though we left in the afternoon it was midnight by the time ...

... pedicab drivers on little tripod bikes with seating in the back for passengers. The pedicab drivers looked like university students, and did fairly well for themselves through the night. - dodgy, but interesting At about 3 am we decided to go for a walk, which turned out to coincide with the bar closing. It was starting to get light by then so most of the dark lurkers were disappearing. After an hour of wandering, and an interesting experience with a public urinal, we headed back ...