So we wake up Saturday had a lovely breakfast at the hotel and then hopped onto the Metro train to Frognerseteren where we then walked down an ice and snow covered hill called "Kortetrekkeren" where we followed the "majority" when the crowd split down two different paths (there we no signs) and guess what??!! We ended up the Cross Country Skiing World Cup! There was even an American in the race! Now how cool is that?! I will tell you how cool... VERY! It was just one of those moments where life is just simply perfect.
Here are a couple pictures to help paint the picture:
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| Cross Country Skiing World Cup |
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| die hard fans camping out! |
After a little while we decided to find the sledding rental place, the REAL reason why we went there... I, of course, had to be the one to ask around and find out where the rental place was, I was a total local by the end of the trip... being spoken to in Norwegian left and right... Remember, the two paths in the beginning? Had we turned with the smaller group that's where we would have ended up... We rented our sled from Ski Service at approximately $25 each, grabbed a helmet and off we go to the "trail". I have to admit I was pretty pumped about sledding or "sledging" as they call it in Norway. Here I am before I take off down the hill:
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| Badass Sledder! |
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| View while sledding |
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| View while sledding. Oslo and it's Fjord's... So pretty... |
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Once you get to the bottom of the hill you have to walk to the train stop to ride it back up the hill and start all over again, but this time with your sled... We go down a second time and then call it a day. It had warmed up at this point and was more slush than snow (SAD FACE HERE)... We then had lunch at the Frognerseteren Restaurant and it was so cozy and adorable. I had delicious soup at $18 a bowl (wowzer!) and Mike had mystery meat meatballs with mashed peas, gravy and berries at $30 a plate. To wash all that goodness down we had two beers while I was drinking out of the glass I realized we were drinking "Aass" beer, it's Norway's oldest brewery and an award winner at that. Needless, to say we had fun with the name. Just so you know it's pronounced like "cause"...
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| Frognerseteren Restaurant |
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| The view from the train on the way back to the top of the hill to sled again... |
Before I forget to tell you we stayed at the Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama Hotel on Radhusgaten Street and would totally stay there again. Our balcony was probably bigger than our London flat, No Joke! Tasty free breakfast, clean rooms, nice, great location, and nice helpful staff.
Next up: Ski Jumping World Cup!
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