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1st Stop -
Copenhagen, Denmark
2nd Stop - Reykjavik, Iceland
(Day 1)
2nd Stop - Reykjavik, Iceland
(Day 2)
4th Stop - Stockholm, Sweden
So far, our travel plans have worked out with no
hitches with the fly-in/fly-out from one country to another. Though
our flight from Iceland was at 7:00 am, we arrived in Oslo, Norway at about
12:00 noon due to time change.
As soon as we arrived, we went to
Flybussen bus counter which
provided the cheapest way of going to the city center. One way bus
fare was NOK 150 or about $26 while the
Flytoget express train was NOK 200
(inclusive of NOK 30 service fee) or about $35. The expensiveness of
Oslo started to dawn on me.
Once we got to the
Central Bus
Station, we immediately stowed our bags in one of the lockers.
Cost of large locker was NOK 50 ($9) for 24 hours. The Central Bus
Station was adjacent to the Central Train Station so we did not have
difficulties taking the Metro subway.
Day pass was NOK 80 ($14) which was good for 24 hours and was valid for bus,
subway, tram and ferry. We immediately took the subway on our way to
the tourist center which was near
City Hall.
For such a rich country, there were no tourist information counters at the
airport, central bus and train stations.
From the tourist information and City Hall,
the Nobel Peace Center was in
the area. The port was in the area also where the ferries were docked that
brought us to Bygdøynes. From the ferry drop off point was the
Viking Ship Musem which was
about 15 minute walk. The only thing that we saw in that museum was
the lone Viking ship.
For another 15 minutes of walk was the
Kon-Tiki Museum which
housed the Kon-Tiki vessel and nothing more. Beside it was the
Fram Museum and behind it was the
ferry port where we departed back to mainland. Beside the mainland
port was
Akershus Fortress.
From the fortress, we took the tram and went
for dinner at Egon Restaurant which was
near the Central Bus Station. The restaurant was not fancy and was
comparable to Friday's, Milestones, Olive Garden or Outback Steakhouse.
As a matter of fact, we ordered and paid what we wanted at the counter and
the waiter brought our food to us.
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