Our last full day in Oslo was spent roaming the city once again. Braving the extreme wind and cold, we checked out Akerhus Festning, the original fortress built to protect the city. Parts of it date back all the way to the early 13th Century. It has withstood numerous sieges, and also served as a prison in its spare time.
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| It's pretty attractive for a military installation. |
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| Serious firepower. |
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| The view over the harbor. |
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| Leave it to the Scandinavians to create a hyggelig fortress. |
After some more rambling around the city, we met up with a family friend of Sonny's co-worker for coffee and a brief jaunt through the artsier district of Oslo. Good times.
In order to make our 6:45 flight Monday morning we were up at 3:15 and trekking across the frozen wasteland to what we had been told was the bus stop for the Flybussexpress. It wasn't, so when the bus arrived at the actual stop, a good 200 meters away through the woods, we got a good workout in sprinting to get to it before it left. That hurdle cleared, it seemed we were good to go.
We were however, not taking the weather in Copenhagen into account. Due to high winds and heavy(ish) snow, Kastrup Lufthavn was completely shut down for three or so hours. So we got to spend an extra two hours sitting on the plane in a "remote parking location". Lucky us.
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| When we should have taken off. |
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| When we actually took off. |
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| On the bright side, we did get to see this amazing sunrise. |
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| The cause of all the problems. |
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