Oslo - Not an Auspicious Beginning
It was an eight hour train ride from Copenhagen to Oslo. A massive bridge connects Copenhagen to Sweden. We had a brief layover in Sweden, which we didn't realize we were going to have. It was good to get out into the sunshine and walk around, but we didn't have any Swedish currency. Remember pay toilets? After blustery Copenhagen, a couple hours in the sunshine to break up the trip was welcome. One of the many picturesque train stations We arrived in Olso around 6 pm and were too tired to try and figure out transit, so decided to take a taxi to our hotel. Our driver didn't really speak any English, but that's OK, we had the name and address we could just hand him. Easy peasy, right? The driver put the address into his GPS. All seemed well. Then we got to a residential section. He did a couple circles. Stopped and talked to a pedestrian. Called the phone number on the paper-no idea what the conversation was, being all in Norwegian, but it wasn't helpful. No hotel. ...