Blogs from Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway, Europe - page 41

I made it...I made it...la la la laaaaa! So feeling a little dirty from a long long long flight....I am greeted by the beautiful smile of my norwegian comrade...Esther.....I was immediately filled with the wonderful clean smell of Pine that permeated the OSLO airport and all the ho ha from the last 24hours evaporated. I made it here and NOTHING is going to stop me from enjoying every cotton picking second! Had a shower...slept in the land where the sun does not go down....and woke to get ready to go for our 6 hour ride to Osterbo. We drove through the hills and fjords which soon turned to mountains. The landscape was absolutely awesome....I asked Esther if Norwegians appreciate the wonderful backdrop that is their home....and as I guess we all do when we are surrounded ... read more

Voilà, j’ai enfin décidé de prendre un peu de temps pour mettre à jour mon blog. Alors par où commencer ? Mon départ le 10 juin accompagné de mon fidèle chauffeur, Schörömöö (un pseudo bourbine qu’est-ce que vous voulez que j’y fasse...) fut plus cher que ce que j’avais prévu. En effet, j’ai dû payer un supplément de 288 CHF à Madame Lufthansa pour mes 40 kilos de bagages (dont 18 en surcharge), quasiment le prix de mon billet aller-retour…ARGH ! Mais bref, je n’allais pas laisser un détail pareil ruiner ma journée. Sinon, le reste du trajet s’est très bien passé malgré un énorme bruit dans l’avion (comme si une porte s’était ouverte) mais notre cher capitaine de bord nous a très vite rassuré en nous expliquant qu’on allait arrivé sans problème à Oslo…ouf ! ... read more

Geo: 59.9138, 10.7387It was strange at breakfast today as there were now only 3 crew and 9 tourists. Yesterday afternoon the other 13 tourists left our tour and caught the ferry to Tallin to join one of the other Topdeck tours and then heading into Russia. It was very quiet on the bus and we had heaps of room to spread out. We were glad to see the back of some of the ones that left.Today we drove west and past many pine trees and lakes. The scenery was beautiful. As usual I slept and read on the bus. At 4 o'clock we arrived in Oslo and went to the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, which was used in the Olympic in the 50's. We caught the lift half way up and then walked 100 steps to get ... read more

Yes, even more. I spent the day wandering around in the rain and freezing cold of a Norwegian summer. Ended up at the botanical gardens (big surprise) and took lots more planty pics. Now I need to thaw out at the internet cafe, then head back to the hostel to wring out my socks (my hiking boots have officially lost their waterproofness).... read more

I could put in all my latest photos of Oslo, but you'd just be looking at photos of the police station, Australian consulate, train station and banks. Not very exciting, but that's my life today. I'll use a spare moment to continue the plant-fest of my journey (now I'm sure you're all dying ot see the insdie of the Australian consulate...). Too bad, I like plants, deal with it... hehehe Next blog, the Leiden Hortus, where the tulip was first introduced to Europe...... read more