First, on that last day in Oslo. Christine and I added yet another 20k steps to our fitbits seeing all the big sites around town - the revitalized Oslo harbor front, the new national museum featuring yet another version of Edvard Munch’s iconic painting “The Scream”, the oldest fort in Norway, and Oslo’s city hall. All fascinating, all definitely recommended sightseeing, but the biggest surprise was dinner.
Tacos. Yes, Norwegian Tacos. Well, actually good old Mexican tacos like queso birria by way of Norway, but still, tacos nonetheless. Norwegians are crazy about tacos, stands litter almost every street corner and Taco Friday is a well known pastime. So I had to try the tacos while in Oslo, considering they are quickly becoming the national food. I can’t make any claims toward authenticity, but four tacos I sampled were all pretty tasty..
(For more info on Norway Taco Friday, check out this link: https://theworld.org/stories/2016-09-23/be-norway-do-taco-friday)
Earlier today Christine and I boarded the train for Bergen, a six and half hour journey commonly referred to as the most beautiful train trip in all of Europe. Believe me, the scenery was stunning - bucolic villages, lush mountains, crystalline lakes - it was out of.a romantic Norwegian landscape painting.
What was less than stunning were the seats on the train. You think for 6 ½ hours we would get accorded some decent seats, but we sat on fairly firm benches hat basically made my rump go numb sever 45 minutes. It was the rough equivalent of sitting on the benches in the Pavilion section of Dodger stadium. OK I do exaggerate a touch, but it was uncomfortable.
We did finally make it to our ship, though! The ship was first afloat this year and this is only it’s 4th passenger voyage. It still has the new ship smell… ah…
We will take a much needed snooze tonight after 50k+ steps over the last 2 ½ days. Hopefully, I can keep those steps up - if I eat the same way I did tonight, I will have to be rolled off this ship.
- Joe
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