OSLO TO COPENHAGEN
We have continued to make our way south and in doing so stopped off in Bergen, an old sea port city. You can image the seafood, and of course being foodies we had a feast of freshly caught oysters, crab, and lobster, with just a little caviar to start the ball rolling, while sitting at the water’s edge on a beautiful Norwegian autumn day. We wandered the cobbled streets of the city looking at sites before making our way to Oslo stopping over in the mountains for a couple of nights. It was absolutely beautiful so we ventured off on a couple of hikes, and camping at the edge of waterfalls and in forests, snapping hundreds of photos.
Oslo being the capital is busy and our camping spot was about 10kms from the city centre so we bought a city travel pass which gave us access to museums and all public transport, which in Norway is excellent. We did the round of galleries including one solely dedicated to the work of Evard Munch, and a fascinating military museum which was in the old fortified city of Oslo (Richard Cooper you would have loved it). Once again we walked the city decided to buy tickets to the Oslo Philamonia performance, it was fantastic, and then we caught the late bus home to Moggy at the Bogstard camping ground which is run by the city parks and recreation dept. Next we moved across the border into Sweden and on towards Malmo which is the most southern part of country .Just outside Malmo we burst a fuel line so pull off the motorway into a service station where the guys were really helpful and called a mobile Mercedes mechanic who came out within 30 mins and put a new fuel hose on and away we went. We then drove across the famous bridge between Denmark & Sweden, the toll for the bridge was 750 Swedish Kroner. It was cold and wet for most of the way, however as we entered Denmark the rain stopped and the sun tried to shine as if to say welcome. There was a camp site right in the city in a place not dissimilar to Logan Campbell Park or Hagely Park in ChCh, meaning that city is in easy walking or cycling distance and as the season is now closed we got to camp for free. Here we met 4 young Aussies who have been doing there OE in the UK and are having a camper van trip before going home in November. The famous statue of the mermaid on the foreshore is presently on loan to China so we were not able to see that, just a screen image of her, not quite the same. The moment you enter Denmark you can see they have an eye for design, thank goodness Moggy hasn’t any room for furniture or home ware accessories, we will have to be content with just looking.
Thanks t those of you who sent us info about the ChCh earthquake, and sent us personal emails, we get quite excited when we receive these. WIFI has been difficult to connect to in some of the areas we have been travelling in so sometimes it takes us a while to get back to you. From here on is should be more readily available and if not one can always rely on finding a McDonalds who have free internet access for the price of a coffee or hot chocolate.
Vic will upload more photos in the next few days. It is now 8 pm and dark, a contrast to the north where we had twilight until 10.30-11pm so off to think about cooking supper and opening a bottle of 2004 Spanish red wine that we picked up for a very reasonable price in Sweden.
Love and best wishes to you all Vic & Michele