So I got back from Oslo on Sunday but I've been way to busy with college and work to sit down and get something written and work on all the pics. Finally today I have some time!
I flew to Oslo last Tuesday with my dad on a 5 night break to get some photographs done, do some walking and hopefully get to know this country a bit more. I'd never visited Norway before but my dads been a few times so he knew what to expect there. We stayed for 3 nights at the Bastion Hotel in the cente of Oslo and then 2 nights up a mountain just outside Oslo at the Soria Maria Hotel.
Impressions of Oslo were mostly good, the people were very friendly (and the girls hot hot hot!), the city was extremely well kept and clean with no litter in sight hardly (what a change from Scotland im sad to say). Oslo definetely has its problems though, with quite a few beggers and seedy types hanging around the city. There seems to be a large divide between the rich and poor with not much sign of a large middle class group to be honest. I was quite surprised at the cultural diversity of the city, however non whites definetely seem to be getting a raw deal and struggling with Norways high prices.
So onto the main thing anyone is likely to notice when they get there. Norway is not cheap. Only reasonable things we could find were hotel prices and transport prices (well, buses and trains anyway). Everything is god damn expensive, and I mean everything. It simply didnt make any sense to splash out on a lot of things so we had to forgoe a lot of almost basic things. Like drinking with a meal, even soft drinks would leave your wallet scorched. It pays to shop around for meals and food and have a good guidebook with you, otherwise your gonna have no pennies left very quickly.
However, despite this we still enjoyed a very nice holiday and did manage to have a great time there. It reminded me most of one of my favourite countrys in Europe, Switzerland, so I enjoyed it all the more for that.
Anyway I'll stop talking now cos most people prolly wont even read this far, but if you have any questions about the trip then just post and I'll reply
Here are the photos from it.
Oslo - Day Shots
Oslo - Night Shots
Oslo - Snaps and Mountains
As you can see we got a raw deal on the weather and from speaking to locals it wasnt a good week even by their standards, but we made the best of it. See what you think
Nap