Thon Hotel Oslo Airport Gardermoen

... as I ever will be to Easter Island....perhaps! Ofcourse the kids called him....Gum Gum Dum Dum.....thankyou Disney Studios for the dumbing down of information everywhere!<br><br>We then travelled to the Folk Museum which was lovely. Most of the buildings were from the 17th and 18th century. I think the kids were kinda bored here....but I liked it. We did see one of only 22 Stave Churches left in Norway. A very specific wooden building....very interesting with lots of elaborate ...

... I would say that about half vomited from the seasickness.  The smell in the hallways around the cabins was not pleasant at all. So those of us who were unaffected by the rocking ship (luckily I felt perfectly fine) decided to head up to the upper decks, decked out in our masquerade masks and suits/dresses and make the most of the night.   Walking through the wide halls on our way to the club was an experience in itself. The boat was moving so much that if we ...

... Karl Johans Gate street which is lined with fab restaurants, cafes and shopping boutiques galore. At the end, you reach Slottsparken where the King of Norway resides in a castle (1/2 star) that isn't all that impressive. Further trekking took us to our dining destination, Vegan. Gee, what cuisine could they serve? We spent around $30 each to eat at a buffet where you got one dinner plate to load as much on as you could. At that price ...

... the South Pole, beating the ill-fated Scott party to it. We also had time in the evening to visit the large Sculpture park - well, the sun sets fairly late this far north. The following morning, Ben and I went our separate ways - Ben on a whirlwind tour of more of Norway, Copenhagen, Vienna, Salzburg and Prague, while I headed to the Arctic to travel around the Svalbard archipelago on a 10 day voyage as ship's physician.

Okay, so after spending two days in the middle of nowhere (literally, we had to drive miles to see another person, or for that matter a goat or sheep) we entered Oslo. We relaxed for a bit and made nachos (Norweigian style) for dinner. By Norweigian (as opposed to Texas style) I mean that there were no refried beans to be found anywhere, so instead we had to mix in corn, ground beef, regular beans, cheese, etc etc on top of the chips in ...

... with. She then responded in Norwegian, "Det er en mongolsk fortolker her. Jeg skal hente ham." (There's a Mongolian interepreter here. I'll get him). And as soon as she got up from her chair, I looked around and slowly walked away in an unsuspecting manner. Next ticket counter... TIP: Knowing Norwegian is not essential at Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport. The facility is equipped with translators in more than 40 languages from ...

... Even a break at a truck stop outside Birmingham failed to improve my mood. As I was getting off the bus I was hit with this feeling of deja-vu. It was a real drab place, but I suppose it was 4.30am, and the small tea shop dolled out the worst tea Ive ever tasted. It was upon tasting the tea that I realized I had been here before. While traveling from Edinburgh to London I had stopped in the same truck stop and it was the taste of the luke warm tea with a floating layer of ...

... this is one less service I have to pay for. As I was walking to my hostel, it was freezing out. Snow was everywhere and slush in the streets. Again, every store was closed and all the bars that were open, I dare not go in - I already know I can´t afford a beer here. I marched straight to my hostel, checked in to a room, and found the thought of reading for the rest of the night, as I did the whole day on the trains, to be rather uneasy. I ...

... Oslo had been stunning, more stunning than we'd imagined her. Mainly because the city itself was small and homely; it isn't a cosmopolitan city. You could even be standing in the middle of a day in a small park and not run into a single person, making Oslo more intimate and tranquil than all the cities we've visited. The dominance of a seascape with ...

So this is Norway? Not that you'd know. there was no border just lower speed limits. Oh the agony of travelling at 80kph. The threat of &euro;450 and a crushed bike for speeding here doesn't really appeal. It's going to be a long trip! Unfortunately Norway is closed on Sundays so Oslo is rather a quiet town to visit on a Sunday. The second pole on our tent has broken today so we have made a few repairs to it. God bless Duck tape.