Hello Oslo.

Well, we got to Oslo. Back here after 40 odd years and looking forward to rekindling a few memories of the time I had here with my Dad. He was leading his schools (he was primarily a Woodwork & Tech Drawing teacher - you may have to explain both concepts to your kids!) lightweight camping expedition during Easter 1969 and he took me along (probably to the relief of my Mum!).

After a proper rest at Gol last night, we had no urgency in getting away, with only about 200km to cover and left about 10am. Brilliant weather again, probably the warmest day of the whole trip, as we made our way south east towards Oslo on the 7. Great road through a wonderful landscape, spoiled only by numerous roadworks due to the route getting a complete upgrade. We took a couple of leisurely breaks and arrived at our digs for the next two nights about 2 hours ago......2.30pm.

We've got a room in a newly built section of the Youth Hostel in Haraldsheim, a suburb on the east side. It looks to be a great location out of the city, but with excellent transport links; the tram or bus stops almost outside.

Thinking I'm going to get an 'Oslo Pass' for 24 hours. Gives free access to all museums and public transport, so the bikes can stay put. We're going to drift into town in an hour or so, make our way to the Vigeland Sculpture Park then return and hit the Gronland district for, hopefully, a reasonably priced meal and a few beers. Then it'll be time to find some live music.....

 

 

This is how to serve a cold beer..........as shared with my fantastic missus in the States earlier this year. Hope they measure up in Oslo.

 

 

 

 

 

That's it today. Details of what we got up to tomorrow evening.