full day one: june 28
after sleeping for those glorious 12 hours we woke up and went downstairs to eat breakfast. breakfast in norway is a little different than here in america. they have open faced sandwiches: a slice of break with a multitude of choice for topping. there was salami, cheese, weird spread products in tubes with names we couldn't read, pickled haring. luckily this hotel has americans on a regular basis and knew that we don't like to have lunch for breakfast, so there was yogurt (btw: pear yogurt is INCREDIBLE. if you know where to find it in the states, please tell me) cereal, eggs, and bacon.
after showering and going though our "do we have everything?" check list (camera, kroners, key, water bottle, map) we made our way downstairs to ask for some direction. that is where we met, Maria, the fantastically helpful receptionist. she told us some things we should make sure to see and showed us how to get to our first destination: the travel information kiosk.
after the surprisingly short walk to the travel place, we purchased our Oslo Passes (they got us into many museums for free and on all the public transportation for free, too. we made our way to the ferry dock, hopped on and headed to the culture center and viking ship museum. we also got stranded on an island for an hour and explored a fortress. both we pretty awesome. especially the island... the geese very close. i was a little scared. the day ended with some great pizza at pepe's.
Here are some day one pictures:
i was the navigator. this was me trying to get my bearings after going to the Tourist information. not too boast too much, but i didn't get us lost once. and thanks R for following me so faithfully even when i was uncertain
R on the public ferry.
the pretty archway at the culture center.
norwegian stave church at the culture center.
one of the viking ships.
oslo fjord.
akershus fortress
the gubmo screen that played the world cup games
view from the island
I really hate you, you know. This place looks amazing. And lunch for breakfast too.
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful place!! i bet that was a super amazing trip and yeah, i'm slightly jealous of it. ok, maybe more than slightly.
ReplyDeletei've NEVER heard of pear yogurt. peach? yes. pear? no. sad. i bet it IS delish.
and yeah, if ANYONE would not get lost as long as there was a map, it would be you. i mean, just sayin. you have a gift. :)