For a city that was never planned to be more than a clothes washing stop between Iceland and Sweden, Oslo has turned out to be a great and entertaining place. We flew in yesterday and made our way to the Haraldshiem YHA in Grefsen. This is the biggest hostel so far with 3 separate double storey buildings. Grefsen is 10 mins by train from the central station which was great after arriving to the first rainy day of the trip. And as the place is full, we got an u...

Good evening my blog junkies. Just a quick one this time to tell you where we are. After a very early start yesterday in Reykjavik we flew to Oslo in Norway. Country #5, flight #3. But we are feet on the ground now for a couple of weeks as we begin the trip across Scandinavia by rail. Check in at Keflavik international airport was easy until the odd size baggage conveyer belt had a "moment". So plodded along in the line for 45 mins to put our bags on the pl...

Well as promise my blog following minions, I am ready to tell you about the fascinating world of Pingvalla. The wild and mysterious Golden Circle. Here in the mountains where the ground moves and steams and every 7 mins spews boiling water into the air. This is the land of elves and trolls. We were picked up from the horse farm for the afternoon leg of the Golden Circle Tour. The bus was already almost full with the morning crowd from the Blue Lagoon. A nice g...

I must say this country had a different look. Even though there was not many trees around. In the morning we headed off to the horse riding lodge. Even though they are called 'horses' they were really pony size. But they are called Viking Horses. This was Rod's first time riding with me and it was an experience. It was stupid for me to tell the lady I knew how to ride because she put me on the worst horse ever. It was an experience to ride such small ponies and a...

Word for today, Giddy Up. Next word woooaaahhhhh!!!! You guessed it my blog reading friends, we started the day with a horse riding trip in the mountains east of Reykjavik. Not too early start from the YHA with an 8:45 pick and bus change at Gray Line. A very Vikingesc 6' blonde blue eyed reception guy checked us in and directed us to the Horse Farm Bus. A very horsy looking lady arrived with the bus and we were off for the 45 min drive into the mountains above t...