Day 30, 12 July 2014, Bergen to Oslo train. Been on the road a month as of today - Four countries in and one to go - what an amazing trip. Thankfully a little cooler today and I went for a stroll down Marken, the quaint shopping area up behind the hotel. Not for actual shopping, just a recce to the train station and back. Ten minute flat stroll. Awesome. Brekkie, pack and down to the train. Somewhat like cats adoring allergy sufferers, I was allocated a seat i...

Day 26, 8 July 2014, Oslo, Norway - Time for me to be moving along methinks. Aside from a thoroughly unseasonal heatwave gripping Oslo (with positively Sydney-esque humidity), I now have my own clown. Say what? That's right, my own clown. There are essentially two forms of beggars in Oslo - firstly the ones rightly or wrongly identified as Roma or gypsies. Secondly, the damn clowns. Dressed up like clowns, making balloon animals out of the goodness of their h...

Day 25, 7 July 2014, Oslo, Norway. Wet. Usually I'm blessed with fine weather for travelling, but really the European heatwave of the last few days couldn't continue. And despite there being a massive cruise ship in port, there weren't that many folks around (certainly not that many dry ones). Easy day for the third and final day of the Oslo pass. Used the subway/T-bane to get to the Munch Museum in Toyen... nice and all, but probably enjoyed his art more in ...

Day 24, 6 July 2014, Oslo, Norway - Mini-cruise of Oslo Fjord aboard MS Helena, Astrup Fearnley Museum of (Phenomenally) Modern Art, Munch at The National Gallery, Follow the Money/The Heavy Load at The Historical Museum. Of course the major achievement of the day was actually getting up after yesterday's five museum extravaganza. Three day city passes are definitely a marathon, not a sprint, so I headed into Day 2 with an easy start - a 1.5 hour "mini-cruise" ...

Day 23, 5 July 2014, Oslo, Norway - Oh what a day... late December back in '63... Even by my standards, today was a big one. Huge. Massive. Five museums. And a public ferry ride out to the museum island. But first there was brekkie - nothing quite like Norwegian smoked salmon in Norway. With of course eggs and fruit and all sorts of other lovely, lovely eats. Quite a change after the budget diet so far. But time was a wastin' so it was down to the City Hall p...