Enroute to Oslo
Looking up to top of ski jump
Holmenkollen Park Hotel
Farewell Dinner
Looking over Oslo
Looking up to ski jump from the city
Lille Storebaelt Bridge
Last dinner together
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Arctic Adventure - 10 to 31 May 2018 Part 7
Story by Margaret Campbell
Oslo
After
a quick supermarket visit the following morning we set off on the last
leg of our official route. It was just over 100 miles to Oslo so we had
a leisurely drive but still we  arrived too early to book into the
hotel. We put our luggage in, parked the cars in the underground park
and then we had our picnic on the lawn outside.
We then went to
explore the Ski Museum and Ski Jump Tower which was just behind the
hotel in Holmenkollen. It was a fantastic experience and well worth a
visit and the views from the top were spectacular. I will certainly
have a lot more respect for Ski Jumpers from now on. By the time we got
back to the hotel our rooms were ready so we could get ourselves
freshened up for our farewell dinner.
We decided to have it that
night as everyone was doing different things the next day and might
want to eat in Oslo.The hotel we were staying in had originally been a
sanatorium for tuberculosis patients but was converted to an hotel
around 1914. It was occupied by German officials during WW11 and was
last renovated around 1991. It stands in a magnificent position
overlooking Oslo and the surrounding area.
Our day in Oslo was
spent in the Kontiki and Fram Museums which we reached by taking a tram
down the hill to the centre of town and then a ferry across the
harbour. The weather was particularly hot that day so the museums were
very quiet as everybody was outside but although this should have
worked to our advantage it was also too hot to be inside and, after an
ice cream we made our way back to the hotel a little earlier than we
should for a rest.
The Road home
 The following morning we said goodbye to
Ranald & Louise as they headed south to return to their home in
Bourgogne. We travelled with Dave and Maureen heading through Sweden to
spend the night in Malmö overlooking the Øresund Bridge
which we crossed the next day to Copenhagen.
 We then followed
the E20 through southern Denmark which took us from the island of
Zealand across the Great Storebælt Bridge, the island of Funen
past Odense and across the Lille Storebælt Bridge back to
mainland Denmark and on to Germany where we spent the second night of
our homeward bound journey. Then it was onto Amsterdam to catch the
ferry from Ijmuiden to Newcastle and home.
Our mileage total door to door was 4,654 and every one of them was most enjoyable. Great scenery, great roads, great company.
| Published 2 July 2018
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