Norway - Oslo

Our splurge of 2013. We arrived in Oslo, and conveniently enough the train to the city is attached to the airport for a stellar fee of $50/ person return trip. Keeping in mind the city centre is about 15 min away I felt this was rather steep, but that was just to prep us for the prices in Norway. 

We walked to the Opera House at twilight, with the clouds reflecting off of the vast glass surface. It is really a neat structure piercing out of the water like it was meant to be there, allowing you walk up on to its marble stone roof. They had a little christmas market in the centre, of course we had to try the  Glühwein (mulled wine) in order to compare it to the copious stands we visited in Berlin and Switzerland. It was too sweet and cost us $13 for a tiny dixie cup amount. The only interestingly positive aspect were the raisins and nut pieces that they put inside..yum.

After exploring Oslo a little more, we decided to go get something to eat as we were starving at this point and the little bit of nuts and raisins was not holding us over. We decide to hit up a recommended Burger joint for the quality, and value of the place. Well...$60 later we got two burgers, a beer to share, and two small sides of fried potatoes.

Welcome to Norway.