Chris and I rushed home from work Friday with purpose and excitement. Usually the end of a week of teaching leaves us exhausted but this week, all we could think of was our Norwegian Adventure. We got our plane tickets, and left JFK at 8:30 in route to Iceland (6 hours) then Oslo (2 more hours) Oslo is 6 hours ahead of NYC, so even though we arrived at noon on Saturday, it felt like 6 am. We didn't let twelve hours of traveling by subway, plane, and express train slow us down. Upon checking in to the most beautiful hotel I have ever seen (Hotel Continental) we did what every excited and ambitious traveler would do we went to the Fjord to take a two hour tour via boat.
The two hour tour was chilly, especially when a large wave came over the side of the boat and sprayed all of us sitting in the back of the boat. Chris said he got so wet that he could taste the salt water running down his face. We saw many Norwegian summer homes, traveled along a chain of islands and visited one of many fjords that surround Norway's Southern and Western coast.
After getting back from the Fjord cruise we got a bight to eat at Brasserie 45.
We found this restaurant at VisitOSLO.com.
This has been a helpful sight for planning our trip. Hotel Continental was also very generous by giving us 72 hour Oslo Passes when we checked in. This pass helped get us a discount on the Fjord cruise, and free public transportation for 3 days. After dinner we headed back to our room. We were greeted by confections and grapes! Did I mention Hotel Continental really knows how to treat their guests?
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Fun trip! Looking forward to reading about your day-to-day experiences.
grapes and confections??!?! are you kidding? good thing you provided the photo documentation for that one!
mom is crying. she says she's sorry she doubted you.
Great to read about your adventures! Can't wait to hear how the race went. Hey this is Dad now....Have you seen the Muppet chef yet? "Yorgeforgemorge tossy de salad de booooommmmm!!!!!"
Have fun and send more pics.
Love Mom and Dad
CONGRAT'S......What a great and difficult accomplishment. Mom and I are both amazed and impressed. Can't wait to see and hear about the whole trip.
Mom & Dad
Very interesting reading for me, as I'm born in Oslo and have lived here since WW2. My family has been here since before 1900.
It's important to have views from people not living here. To obtain new ideas and what we can do better.
PS. I'm a blogger myself. Some of the posts are from Oslo, but mostly from our daily life and travels + our Cats and Summer House just 45 minutes away
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