One more day

After Trondheim we headed back to Oslo with the plan to spend 2 nights and one more day there before heading home. We had seen a lot of what we wanted in Oslo in the first few days of the trip, but one thing left on the agenda was the Munch Museum—one of, if not..

In the old capital

So the journey south on the Havila Castor ended in Trondheim, where we docked at the ungodly early hour (for Tom) of 6:30 am. Fortunately, it was a longer port call and, while we had to check out, we didn’t actually have to leave the ship until about 9:30 am. Yum - one more delicious..

Trains, boats and buses

Today is another travel day—Bergen to Tromso this time. Looking out of the plane’s window, much of the highlands are already quite snowy with the dark channels of the fjords cutting their way back into the interior. Since we left Oslo, we’ve taken a train (two, in fact) to Flam, a boat to Gudvangen, a..

When in Oslo

This morning we are leaving Oslo and headed to Bergen via Flam on the “Norway in a Nutshell” ticket and it seems like the perfect time to catch up here. While we were waiting for Tim and Nan to arrive on Thursday, we visited the Oslo City Hall where they present the Nobel Peace Prize...

Out the door…again.

While we have taken some awesome trips in the last 5 years, it’s been nearly that long since we’ve done something significant enough to revive this blog. And even this trip started as something completely different. We’ve always wanted to do a river cruise and started talking about with our friends Tim & Nan Borer..