Norwegian Wood

Landed on time and safely (phew) at Rugge Airport, a fair distance from the city itself but a pleasant train journey soon had us in the middle of downtown. After arranging with Ole, our Airbnb host, to ferry over to his island home in the evening, we set about exploring. Found Wifi hard to come by, so 'wasted most of the afternoon messing around the shopping area. The weather was again warm and sunny and it was to stay that way for all of our time in Oslo. 

Ole met us at the island jetty and guided us the few hundred metres to his home, a quaint old Kiwi/Norwegian style Bach only steps from the beach and views across the Oslo Fjord. he was a 50 year old artist and quite a character. The house was simple and  no frills but it was full of character like its owner. It reminded me of one those baches on Rangitoto. And only 20 mins to downtown Oslo by a very smart ferry cruising between the islands of the fjord. I did not know Oslo had such a magical harbour with lots of islands. Soon we were all off for a swim  before meeting up for a barbecue with some friends of Ole's who had sailed to the island for the night.

After a walk the next morning we went back to Oslo to meet up with David and Hana and 3 friends. They are going to spend the next two weeks in a small campervan driving around Scanadanavia...looked like it was going to be pretty cosy though we managed to shoehorn in so we could all go the Green Party festival back on the island.