Our day started with a 7:20am flight to Oslo which was pretty easy and uneventful. This was our 2nd night in Oslo so we knew how to get in to the city and what to expect.
Hate to say it, but Oslo is, well a bit bland. At least it is initially… you really have to search out the good stuff. We couldn’t check into our hotel so we left our suitcases and went for a walk around. Had a coffee, people-watched and grabbed a light lunch at another spot. We were tired from our red eye flight, so this may be unfair, but the city lacks oomph. There’s no vibrant feel to it, the architecture is uninspiring and with almost no cars allowed in the CBD, there’s heaps of roads which kind of do nothing except break up the shops and so-on too much and it’s almost too open.
We went back to our hotel after lunch to see if we could get an early check-in, but no good, so Glen went off to a bar to watch the Formula 1 as Soph stayed at the hotel and had a wine and read a book.
At night, we found a few good spots to try via Yelp and off we went into different parts of the city. The bar we hunted down was super cool – really well set up in an old factory of some sort and had a great selection of drinks. After a couple there, it was time for dinner so we found the pizza bar we’d read about and it was as good as the reviews said. Not overly Norwegian, but it was time for a change of cuisine.
A reasonably early night and the end to a bit of a rest day where not much happened, but still nice to see and do new stuff. Tomorrow – we’re off to Milan, then Brissago in Switzerland and catch up with friends Biddy & John!