Tuesday 7th May Dubai to Oslo

We had a very early start today, waking at 3.30am for a 4am pick-up. Our driver was on time and took us Dubai Airport where we spent quite a bit of time relaxing until our flight left at 7.40am. An uneventful flight to Oslo was followed by a fast train ride into the centre of the city of Oslo. Both Trudy and I were fascinated by the lush lovely scenery and the very cute, almost doll-house looking, homes. It was such a contrast to what we had left in Dubai. We managed to exit at the correct station for our accommodation. After leaving the station we found a lovely, young Norwegian woman who was able to direct us to our nearby hotel. After checking, in we decide to go for a walk in the area close to our hotel. The King’s Palace is just across the road from the hotel and is surrounded by a beautiful park, full of trees and flowers. The King just happened to be returning to the palace and we saw him go past. The royals in the limousines waved at the people gathered around the palace, including us! Oslo seems such a clean, quiet and happy place to live. There are huge plantings of daffodils, pansies, tulips and many other flowers in the parks and gardens all around the town.  From the Palace, we decided to walk further into the city centre to find a place for dinner. Happily we found a nice pizza bar and enjoyed dinner there. We will definitely need an early night tonight as Oslo is 2 hours behind Dubai which theoretically means we were up at 1.30am this morning.  

















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