Alright Oslo...

So the weekend 31st of May we were off to Oslo Norway to see the sights and also see a concert.

We traveled through terminal 5 Heathrow with BA and it was surprizingly hassle free, if you listened to the news you would think this was a miricle.

We fly 2 hours or so to Norway where the Customs officer said "Oh New Zealander we don't get many of those"

we then had a short ride through lushish green country side to the outskirts of Oslo.

The Next day after doing an interpretation of the Norgwegian ticket machine we got off the ringen tube line at Majorstruden and walked through the town. In mid 20 degree heat (since when was Norway a hot country!) We saw the changing of the guard for the Norweign kings palace. Less showy than the Queens but still the guards change...

... That is where Alex got up to, so I will try annd finish up. :) P.

After we watched the interesting changing of the guard (that included the new guard marching all the way around the palace grounnds to change each guard over) we wandered about through the palatial grounds which were stunning! (lots of half naked sunbathers!)

After the palace we wandered through the city looking at shops and being touristic. Found some nice coffee though... :)

We headed back to the hotel to get changed and have an early dinner before finding our way to the stadium where Kiss where playing. Well, yeah, we were miles too early (all Paula's fault!) and the line waiting was already very, very long. So we sat in the sun and waited for the gates to open. We waited. And we waited. And we watched some idiot pass out from too much 'something' and be carried out on a stretcher. And then we waited some more....

finally we got in. Yah! We decided to flag the warm-up band, and get something cold to drink. But then we saw Kiss. It was quite cool. I knew more songs than I thought I would and wanted to Rock n Roll all night... (hehehe)

(i'm sure Alex could fill this bit in better than me, but he is in Italy right now, so can't help me!)

One weird thing though was coming out of a concert at 11pm and it still being daylight. odd.

The only real down side to the night was trying to find our way home afterwards. Having missed the last metro, we had to get a taxi. Never mind.

So, then we were onto Sunday. We decided to catch a ferry across to Bygdoy (although the o is supposed to have one of these / through it...). Which was cool. We wandered up to where there is a Viking Ship museum. Amazing!! there were 3 repaired viking ships that were used for burial tombs. Some very fascinating pieces that were in pretty good nick considering how old they are!

Anyways, then we managed to catch a bus for free (the driver was the only person we found who did not speak English) back to the city and onto a train back to the Airport and a short flight back home.

All in all a great trip. Really liked Oslo, nice City, cool vibe and friendly!!! :)

Next updates will be Paula's school camp in Normandy and Alex's band trip to Italy. (bets are on as to who will write theirs first!)

Love to all.

P.