Google said our trek across Norway would take 8 hours. I never believe Google but I should the Norwegian roads are the slowest two lane highways on the planet. Idyllic - yes, fast - never. So we decided to take a few public ferries across two different fjords on to Jondal and another to Kirksand to get across Norway and we decided to throw in a quick trip to see the third largest glacier along the way. The glacier is covered in snow with iced blue splotches peering out. After a few quick shots we motored through cherry and apple farms along the fjords in search of the cider making Mr. Apple. We found his farm and van but he was nowhere to give us a tour . So we drove on for hours over the mountains and through thunderstorms and finally arrived at Oslo around 10 pm.
Driving into Oslo was madness. The street where our hotel was located is closed down for foot traffic. Trying to find the place consisted of screaming at each other, yelling at Google and running in and out of the lobby to find a place to park. We secured a spot and dragged our roller bags five blocks on cobblestone streets to the Karl Johann III hotel also known as the Best Western. What happened from 11 pm until about 5 am was just pure partying magnified by our balcony door being open since the temps are over 80 degrees and nothing is air conditioned. Car crashes, screaming, blaring music - you name it and we heard it. And it really never cooled down. So night one felt a bit like Dante's journey in the Inferno.
Yes, these are pictures of a parking garage. There was so much naked debauchery I couldn't show it as this is a family blog. Just kidding. We couldn't take pictures as we were so tired and the 99.7 music scrambled our brains and left us unable to take pictures or sleep until 3 am. Plus the heat of Oslo and the non existence of air conditioning didn't help much.
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