Oslo
two weekends ago, michael, kirsten, dan and myself went to oslo for the weekend. this was our first 'ryanair' experience. ive heard many terrible stories about this infamous airline. they're notorious for overbooking and can cancel a flight at any-time. worst of all you dont get a refund, its tough luck. anyway, our flight went fine, the seats are uncomfortable but its only a 2hr flight. no complaints for a £37 flight (each way) so we left friday after work and arrived at 11pm in oslo. actually the airport is 2hrs from the city (like most 'ryanair' destinations). we had a hire car and drove into town. our accommodation was great for the price, a best-western hotel (£33 each for both nights with a full breakfast).
the weather for the whole trip was perfect, a crisp 4deg and no wind, nice and fresh with clear skies. the sunsets were amazing.
on sat, we decided to drive around the country, so we popped into a few towns, wandered around, popped into sweden for lunch and just generally checked out the countryside.
that night, kisten and i were hell bent on eating local cuisine and we ended up at this very smish restaurant where we ate cod's tongues for entree (they must have been bloody big fish) and rudolph... sorry i mean reindeer for main. both dishes were pretty good, the novelty factor was helping.
sunday we checked out oslo itself. its a beautiful harbour city which was actually partially frozen over.
they have a massive ski jump thing (they hosted the winter olympics in 1952).
we went to a viking museum where they had boats that were built in 900AD.
and checked out their royal palace.
this photo is outside the palace looking down to the city centre
all up it was a pretty cool weekend, nothing really blew me away but it was just cool to wander around another country. next up is a work ski trip to chamonix for 4 days at the start of March. since i left aus almost 1 year ago i have been to 17 countries, france, germany, austria, switzerland and scotland more than once. the time has flown by but living in brisbane seems so long ago.
bye for now!
the weather for the whole trip was perfect, a crisp 4deg and no wind, nice and fresh with clear skies. the sunsets were amazing.
on sat, we decided to drive around the country, so we popped into a few towns, wandered around, popped into sweden for lunch and just generally checked out the countryside.
that night, kisten and i were hell bent on eating local cuisine and we ended up at this very smish restaurant where we ate cod's tongues for entree (they must have been bloody big fish) and rudolph... sorry i mean reindeer for main. both dishes were pretty good, the novelty factor was helping.
sunday we checked out oslo itself. its a beautiful harbour city which was actually partially frozen over.
they have a massive ski jump thing (they hosted the winter olympics in 1952).
we went to a viking museum where they had boats that were built in 900AD.
and checked out their royal palace.
this photo is outside the palace looking down to the city centre
all up it was a pretty cool weekend, nothing really blew me away but it was just cool to wander around another country. next up is a work ski trip to chamonix for 4 days at the start of March. since i left aus almost 1 year ago i have been to 17 countries, france, germany, austria, switzerland and scotland more than once. the time has flown by but living in brisbane seems so long ago.
bye for now!
posted by Luke Spence at
11:25 AM
1 Comments:
nice work. oslo looked pretty cool. what about your girlfriend?
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Callan, at 5:16 PM
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