Blogs from Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway, Europe - page 2

God dag, god dag…! It’s 5 o‘ clock in the morning and I’m up and outside to experience the sunlight. It helps greatly to start adjusting one’s body to the time zone difference. It’s a fresh, cool, and crisp morning. it is 8° outside going up to a high of 16° later this afternoon. Shelley is still in bed. Her quote to me? “I’m staying in bed since you kept me up all night.” “I did?” I asked. “Yes, you did….your snoring was terrible.” 😔 I didn’t hear a thing…. Today we will be having some breakfast and then we will all be heading out on Henning’s boat to sail around Oslo harbour and see some sites.... read more

Our flight from Frankfurt landed in Oslo this afternoon. Shelley, Kristine, and I made our way off the plane to the duty free area where we purchased some of our ‘booze’ for the trip. Wine and spirits. I bought a bottle of Laphroaig that is only available when travelling. We also picked up some wine to enjoy while here in the south. After having successfully navigated the duty free we then made our way towards Customs. There were two rather large entrances to walk through, one was coloured green, the other red. The red one was for those who has something to declare. We had bought duty free items, so we thought we had to use that one. Nope. We weren’t over our limit, so we were able to walk on through. We then came through ... read more

Today we were not getting into port in Oslo until noon, so no alarm today. The nurse came by and took vitals and all was well with both of us. They tested Susan to see if she can get out of quarantine. We watched as the ship came down the fjord. This fjord doesn’t have the high mountains like before. Susan said it looked like a cruise on Lake James. We got to Oslo around noon and luckily, we docked again on the starboard side. Today was like yesterday, food, movies, reading, email,… Just boring. Susan’s results were supposed to be back around 4, but no call. She called down to the medical center after it opened and they said the Dr would call her when he had time. Around 5:45, she got the call. They ... read more

Dear All Greetings from London. Last week I got back from an epic five-and-a-half week adventure around the Nordic lands of Europe. As with my last trip around New England, I thought it best if this time I simply wrote notes as I travelled, and wrote up the proper blog entries upon my return home. This worked out well again this time, as again it meant I got to spend more time travelling and seeing the wonders of these amazing countries. I had a superb time and quite an epic journey, and over the coming weeks I plan to write up about my adventures in Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland here, and also upload some photos alongside. I left the UK in the middle of July, just as the UK was experiencing an unprecedented ... read more

It’s nice to be back in Norway! I really loved it last time I was here (+10yrs ago) so when I was trying to think of where to go for first trip “post” (I know it’s not done, y’all know what I mean) Covid it had to be Iceland layover and when I looked at my options Norway jumped right back out at me. I’m giving myself a few days in Oslo again, but then I’m renting a car to go exploring up towards Alesund and back. I’m so excited for the fjords and all their beauty! Last time I just did Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromso - so I’m excited to get a bit off the city path. Anyway, back to today! My fav thing in Oslo back then was Vigeland Park, so that’s where ... read more