Oslo, Norway

Yesterday afternoon Keith stopped by the Crystal Cove to view the paintings that guests made who participate in the Odyssey Art at Sea Program. This program has been a long running program with Crystal Cruises This program teaches art to the many guests who participate in the program. It is always enjoyable to show support for the guests by viewing their artwork. Three tables displayed the wonderful art created by the guests.

Afterwards, Keith passed the Hollywood Movie theatre where they were showing an afternoon matinee called Friends which we had seen a month ago at home and the sign showed the two showings for the evening called The Wedding Banquet.

Following is the Waterside Dinner menu from last evening.

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We decided to dine in our suite last evening. We began doing this on the last night of the cruise before we debark but when we are on a long voyage we will also do this on last nights of some of the other cruises. While we can order from Osteria and Umi Uma we selected each course from the Waterside Dinner Menu.

Senior Head Butler Rao organized everything and dinner was amazing.

Today concludes our first cruise and is the start of the next cruise. According to the daily program we traveled 3,240 miles or the equivalent of 3,726 land miles.


When you continue on to the next cruise you are considered an in-transit guest. In many places you can stay on board for the day or come and go as you please as was the case today.  However, in some places there are local rules with restrictions. For example, in the USA there is a point on debark day where all guests must be off the ship to register a zero count meaning no guest is on board. Shortly after this is accomplished the local authorities will give the go-ahead that in-transit guest can make their way back on-board. We were given yellow cards for each of us to show we were in-transit guests.

While we know a number of people leaving today, several people we know are continuing on this cruise and some of them will be on board for one or more of the cruises which follow this one. 

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Shortly before arriving to Oslo, Norway.

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We're back in Oslo for a second time. Our first visit was in 2006 on a different cruise line, and we are so happy to return again.

Oslo is the capital of Norway. The city was founded around the year 1050. The city flourished during the Viking Age and into the Middle Ages when Christianity was the main religion. In fact, the name changed from Oslo to Christiania in honor of King Christian IV and eventually was renamed Oslo. It’s population has grown to 700,000 residents.  Two tours were offered by Crystal today for the in-transit guests; Oslo Highlights & Vigeland Sculpture Park offered in the morning and in the afternoon a tour called Serenade at the Sea; Tea, Treats and Classical Elegance aboard MS Brisen.

We decided to take another walking tour as it provides a great day to learn about the history of the city along with current day life.

Keith has been reading several books about the Beatles and today reminded him of music. Similar to hit songs, our tour  was like a greatest hits album of Oslo, featuring places such as the Akershus Fortress, the Parliament Building, the National Theater, and Oslo City Hall. We walking along the main boulevards, while taking in the both the historical and modern sides of the city.

Today's Daily Reflections.

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This is our route for this second voyage of our adventure.

Cheers,

Anne Marie & Keith