FUN-travel: Oslo, Norway – Full Day – A&K Tour Start
August 24, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 38 – Thursday, August 7 – Oslo, Norway – Day 1 – A & K Arctic Tour – full sun w/high clouds – mid 70’s
What I LIKE
- 8:45 – down for hot coffee
- – breakfast included – thank god!
- – typical big buffet & omelet station
- – who knows the cost
- – if typical buffet costs 24 Euro – in Oslo it must cost 40!
- 12:00 – in room lunch w/leftovers & to go sandwich from breakfast
- 2:00 – City walking tour – beginning part of A&K tour
- 1st stop – Parliament Building
- 2nd stop – Christiana Square – statue – founded Oslo
- 3rd stop – Oslo Opera House – designed to look like ice berg/glacier
- 4th stop – Grev Wedels Place
- 5th stop – Akershus Fortress & Castle
- 4:00 – end tour early – saw it last week
- Spend last 20 Kroner @ grocery store = liter diet coke
- 6:40 – bus to the Polar Ship Fram – museum w/original arctic expedition ship
- 7:00 – cocktail reception – wine & buffet of typical Norwegian food – reindeer burgers, salmon, salads
- 8:30 – bus back
Opera House
What I DON’T LIKE
- Not enough cut fresh fruit variety
- Hand held shower – unable to control height
- – have to get on knees to wash hair!
- 11:00 – need to go to sleep – have early morning
FUN-fact – Look very, very closely at this picture as the sculpture has a quite vivid depiction of a male body part that I don’t think you’d see in the US.
Not so FF –The Grand Hotel isn’t so Grand any more.
