We have arrived in Oslo, got in at the planned time of 12 noon on March 2, the temperature 8C. So it is a good bit cooler than Brisbane. We were an hour late leaving Brisbane for Dubai aboard an Emirates plane. Had to be towed back to the gate after a fault had been identified as the plane idled on the tarmac. Took an hour to fix. Very smooth flight to Dubai. The connection from Dubai to Oslo went off without a hitch.

We had an interesting flight path though, avoiding Ukraine but in so doing we went further north, crossing the Caspian Sea and flying just south of Moscow. Then across the Baltic Sea and over Stockholm to Oslo.

Snow still present on the Norwegian landscape and lakes iced up a bit. Some nice views from the plane windows.

From the airport we caught a train into central Oslo, our hotel is part of the station complex and is a little rustic.

It is fairly central though to some of the city’s attractions, including the Viking history stuff that Slobro is keen to see as soon as he escapes from the luggage bag. It has been a long couple of days and bed has called. Weather looking not too bad tomorrow.