Velkommen to Norway, Jah

Last week, a friend in the program, Emily, and I went to Oslo for the weekend. We had been looking for something to do and found a great deal on a flight out there on RyanAir.

When we landed, it was snowing. We seemed to forget that it was winter in Norway in March. We had been looking at pictures of the country and everything is colorful and green. RyanAir lists another airport which is 2 hours outside of Oslo as Oslo even though it is not. So when we got to the small airport, we had to figure out the buses and trains and see which was the best way to get into the city. It ended up being a bus. We didn't get into Oslo until later.

We got to the hotel around 9 at night. The hotel was wonderful. Because it was winter and also because Oslo is so expensive anyways, the hotel ended up being the same price as a hostel. We chose the hotel obviously and are so glad we did. It had an elevator where you manually open the door. We didn't realize this until we had been standing for about 10 minutes waiting for it. That night, we were starving but we didn't see anything open on the way to the hotel. So we went to McDonald's for dinner.

The next morning, the hotel had an amazing breakfast for us. There was so much food (and so much food that we had never heard of). We then went on a boat cruise on the fjord. It was a lot of fun (even though it was cold). It dropped us off in an area with a lot of museums. We ended up going to the Norwegian folk museum. It had preserved villages from all over the country. We had a great time there.



We spent the rest of the day wandering around our hotel area. Our hotel was in a very posh shopping area so there was plenty to see.
The Royal Palace (It looks like Bascom Hall at UW Madison)-
Parliament -
The Opera House -


That night, I came down with a bad bug so I spent the evening and night trying to get healthy so Emily and I could have fun on our last day in Norway.

Sunday, I was feeling better. We ended up walking all over the city and stopping at various places along the way. It was a great day. Oslo is a great city. It is small and warm and everyone we ran into was very nice. They all spoke English so it made traveling around super easy. One thing that we loved about Oslo was the slow pace. We could walk as slow as we wanted because the city was so sleepy. Right when we got back to London, we had to rush around in order to keep up with the fast pace. That is one thing that really bothers me about London. Everyone is in a rush.

We left Oslo Monday morning. Even though it was cold and snowy, Norway was beautiful.