Today’s Theme is Viking Boats!

While the temperature still remains hot, just a mere 29 today, and Aaron and Liz are, once again swimming, I decided to be a bit more cultural. So first a walk thru the Royal Estate on Bydgoy, Cool, leafy and quiet and then onto the Viking Boat Museum. which turned out to be a gem.

Viking Boat Museum, Oslo

Viking Boat Museum, Oslo

After the Viking Boat Museum, all the others were a bit of a let down (sorry Thor Heyerdahl, Fram etc).

Now for a long walk back to the Centre, the water was enticing and not just for me, Oslo, at least today, must rival Auckland for the number of small craft on the water – almost all were motor and very little sail. As for the rest, the beaches had to do

Tjuvholmen, Oslo

Tjuvholmen, Oslo

As for Liz and Aaron? Well, when I got back to the hotel, both were a not so delicate shade of pink – too much sun……

It ain’t alf hot ‘ere

Norway, land of fjords, snow capped mountains, fit cross country skiers on snow bound trails… in fact I imagine that the Opera House was designed with a ski slope in mindOpera House But it’s 32 degrees and sweltering hot! And this time there’s no swimming like yesterday in Copenhagen – maybe tomorrow. Still the mini cruise was good. Approaching NorwayApproaching Oslo Aaron and Liz have learnt the lesson of filling up to the max at breakfast ‘cos a foot long Subway is 79 kroner (16 NZ dollars). And we won’t talk about the 30 dollar tram either. So what’s free in Oslo? well the Fortress was 🙂 plus they had free cold water

Copenhagen

Godag from Copenhagen. My (Liz) turn to write up for the blog. We’ve been stunned by the heat here in Denmark, highs all day of 28C, some epic sweating has been taking place. Yesterday we walked around the city, visited the famous little mermaid (and the loads of tourists around it) and its neighboring fort.

 

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Next stop was the botanical gardens and after a half hour trek following the outer gates we finally found the entrance.
The heat wore us down enough to force us into an hour long nap in amongst the gardens, can’t complain

 

Today’s adventures included far less walking and much more relaxing. After seeking out the perfect swim spot last night we headed there straight after breakfast.

 

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A series of multi level boardwalks create the perfect place for locals and tourists to soak in the sun and dive into the fresh Danish sea.

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And a 7m high kayak slide served a mint height for boys to show off their tricks and Aaron to prove he can jump from a higher point then I.

 

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Tonight we hit Tivoli, Copenhagen’s resident amusement park. In a relatively small area they manage to pack in hundreds of stalls and themed areas which create a cute and amusing atmosphere for families.

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Tomorrow will be more swimming and sunbathing in the heat and then jumping on our overnight cruise through the Skagerrak to reach our mid destination, Oslo.