Oslo Part 1
We spent the night on the outskirts of Edinburgh , before catching a flight to Oslo, Norway's capital.
A word of warning. We all know Norway is expensive, but nothing will prepare you for just how expensive it is. Think Helsinki, but worse!
First up, is the resistance museum. Okay, so it's really dated, with cotton wool and mini figure displays, but it' actually really informative, and gives you a really good idea of what life was like in Norway during the second world war.
Now we went at the middle of April, so there was still snow on the ground in a lot of places, which gave everything a sort of magical quality, as you can see even from the sky!
The botanical garden wasn't the best place to go, but there is a greenhouse there that you can warm up in, while gazing at the beauty of the ginormous Lilly pads!
Oslo is a very easy city to get around in. All you need is a #ruter card, which gives you trips on busses, trams and the metro. We were staying just a couple of minutes walk from Toyan metro (Or T-bane as its called. The centre of Oslo is great, because all the trains use the same tunnel, hence there was a train from Toyan to the centre every two minutes, which was great for us.
James's favourite place was the sculpture parks. We visited two, the Vigeland sculpture park, and Ekebergparken. Both of which I found rather tasteless, due to the vast majority of the statues being naked, and in some cases, engaging in rather questionable behaviour! He spent most of his time laughing at me as I cringed!
However, Ekebergparken was better, as it was on a hill and gave some beautiful views over Oslo, you can still see how much snow there was about!
One of the most offensive statues!
This tiger statue is just outside the train station. Thankfully, it was the only tiger I saw in Oslo!
A word of warning. We all know Norway is expensive, but nothing will prepare you for just how expensive it is. Think Helsinki, but worse!
First up, is the resistance museum. Okay, so it's really dated, with cotton wool and mini figure displays, but it' actually really informative, and gives you a really good idea of what life was like in Norway during the second world war.
Now we went at the middle of April, so there was still snow on the ground in a lot of places, which gave everything a sort of magical quality, as you can see even from the sky!
Oslo is a very easy city to get around in. All you need is a #ruter card, which gives you trips on busses, trams and the metro. We were staying just a couple of minutes walk from Toyan metro (Or T-bane as its called. The centre of Oslo is great, because all the trains use the same tunnel, hence there was a train from Toyan to the centre every two minutes, which was great for us.
James's favourite place was the sculpture parks. We visited two, the Vigeland sculpture park, and Ekebergparken. Both of which I found rather tasteless, due to the vast majority of the statues being naked, and in some cases, engaging in rather questionable behaviour! He spent most of his time laughing at me as I cringed!
However, Ekebergparken was better, as it was on a hill and gave some beautiful views over Oslo, you can still see how much snow there was about!
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