We have spent 3 days here in Oslo and it has been very hot all the time. We have become regular tourists and joined the Japanese sight-seeing. We have been to the Royal Palace and seen the guards on duty outside, as well as sauntering down the main pedestrian area. We took a ferry across the fjord to the area of Bygdoy, where we had a look round the Maritime Museum as well as the Fram and Kon-Tiki Museums, all very interesting. We went to have a look at the Akershus Slott (castle to us) but found it to be closed for a royal function. So instead we spent an hour in the Norwegian Resistance Museum. All of this courtesy of an Oslo Pass, which seemed expensive at the start, but included all public transport as well as the entrance fees, so we actually saved money over the individual prices.
Then we tried a T-bane ride (cross between Metro and train) out to Holmenkollen, where the Olympic ski-jump is. We were able to go up in a lift, followed by at least 100 steps up a grated stairway to the very top! (at least I did, Brian waited half-way down). The view from the top was fantastic and well worth the muscle-aching legs.
Tomorrow is drive off to Sweden day, so we will catch up again later on.
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