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24 August 2017
Oslo Sightseeing We had time for a walking tour at 1000 before having to check out at 1200. It would be tight but we gave it a shot. We met at the “tiger” statue near the railway station. A large group gathered and an American guide turned up. He was OK, but not wonderful. What […]
23 August 2017
The alarm rang at 0530 and we were out the door at 0615 for the short walk to the station. The train to Oslo left at 0648 taking 7h30 approximately. We had paid extra NOK90 for Komfort Class which gave us freeflow coffee/tea. The price was equivalent to just three drinks so that was well […]
22 August 2017
Pulpit Rock Cruise We had made some sandwiches to take along on our excursion to Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen). It was a 1000 departure. The man on the pier didn’t check carefully that we were booked on the cruise-and-hike and I had to ask the next person regarding the ticket for the bus rides. These were […]
21 August 2017
While we needed only a day in Stavanger for what we wanted to do, I had a day of rest and in case of weather. Following the weather forecast, we allowed today as the rest day and tomorrow (in anticipation of good weather) would be for going to Pulpit Rock. The town is nice enough, […]
20 August 2017
Transport to the Schonefeld airport turned out as planned (despite the relative complexity compared to a normal day when a non-stop or one-stop service was available). The 0549 bus connected well to the suburban train which delivered us to the airport around 0715 for our 0910 Norwegian flight to Stavanger. It was cool in Berlin […]