London to Oslo and the Queue from Hell| Honeymoon in Norway

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al! Horrified and in disbelief, we went outside, where an airport staff member showed us to the end of the line… Which was indeed <b>outside </b>… during the<b> UK heatwave</b>.</p><p id="3da5">And not only this, but the actual security check was on the first floor. It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes to go through security. I have never seen that!</p><figure id="b6e8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*ySWWkX9HPdonttiV.jpg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="80ca"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*yNu3SVaSh38HFtVA.jpg"><figcaption>The line for the security check — Photos from the Author</figcaption></figure><p id="759f">Thankfully, that was the only inconvenience that we had during our journey to Oslo. The flight was on time and all our luggage arrived, by 5 pm we were all set in our hotel and ready to roam the streets of Oslo before dinner.</p><h2 id="4f54">Beautiful Oslo City</h2><p id="73d7">Oslo turned out to be a beautiful and surprisingly quiet city. In the centre, we rarely saw any private cars. Only taxis, buses, and the trolley. No crazy drivers that honk the second the li

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ghts turn green, no motorcycles (or cars) revving the engine until you turn deaf because they need to compensate for something. None of that!</p><h2 id="355a">A Taste Of Norway</h2><p id="e9ea">We strolled a little through the harbour and then looked around for a place to eat.</p><p id="4717">We decided on the <b>Rorbua Aker Brygge</b> a lovely Norwegian restaurant with the decor that goes with it. We wanted to try Nordic dishes, so we picked a bucket of cold shrimps, steak whale (because of my conscience I couldn’t have more than one bite, my husband chose that one) and reindeer (very tasty this one).</p><figure id="b4d4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*C3FX_vyut5oIoUSX"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="94eb"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*yBPDTzL3IbdSkWTs"><figcaption>Reindeer dish on the left Whale on the right— Photos from the Author</figcaption></figure><p id="7830">With a full belly and quite tired, we made our way back to our hotel for the night.</p><p id="2242">Check my other blog and social media <a href="https://linktr.ee/NatachaC">here</a>!</p></article></body>

Honeymoon in Norway Day 1

Street of Oslo -Photo from the Author

After a beautiful wedding day, it was time for us to pack our hiking boots and raincoats and make our way to the airport for our exciting honeymoon in Norway!

Our flight was in the afternoon, but we knew the situation at the airport was chaotic, so we went 3 hours earlier. Initially, it didn’t seem there was too much mayhem… but we were wrong.

We dropped off our baggage within 10 minutes (which we found surprising) and went looking for the security check. Just a couple of steps further down we saw a sign for the security control and just underneath it people were queuing.

We asked one of the people in the queue if they were waiting for security, and they said “yes”. So we walked back to find the end of the line…. And walked…. And walked …. Until we were told that the queue was starting outside the terminal! Horrified and in disbelief, we went outside, where an airport staff member showed us to the end of the line… Which was indeed outside … during the UK heatwave.

And not only this, but the actual security check was on the first floor. It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes to go through security. I have never seen that!

The line for the security check — Photos from the Author

Thankfully, that was the only inconvenience that we had during our journey to Oslo. The flight was on time and all our luggage arrived, by 5 pm we were all set in our hotel and ready to roam the streets of Oslo before dinner.

Beautiful Oslo City

Oslo turned out to be a beautiful and surprisingly quiet city. In the centre, we rarely saw any private cars. Only taxis, buses, and the trolley. No crazy drivers that honk the second the lights turn green, no motorcycles (or cars) revving the engine until you turn deaf because they need to compensate for something. None of that!

A Taste Of Norway

We strolled a little through the harbour and then looked around for a place to eat.

We decided on the Rorbua Aker Brygge a lovely Norwegian restaurant with the decor that goes with it. We wanted to try Nordic dishes, so we picked a bucket of cold shrimps, steak whale (because of my conscience I couldn’t have more than one bite, my husband chose that one) and reindeer (very tasty this one).

Reindeer dish on the left Whale on the right— Photos from the Author

With a full belly and quite tired, we made our way back to our hotel for the night.

Check my other blog and social media here!