Norway
Oslo
In the morning we all decided to play a game of deck quoits, basically you have to throw a small rope disc into a circle. This was suppose to be a friendly game, however some of the older generation, who have been on about a million cruises took it very seriously! One woman in particular, seemed to be judge, jury and executioner in deciding who scored what, and whether or not a particular shot was a foul. However, despite being a old dragon, she was particually good at this game and made it all the way to the final (i got knocked out in the first round, it was not my finest performance!). Despite her never say die attitude, she just was not up to the job and lost. She is now public enemy number one, well she is where deck quoits is concerned.
The boat trip into oslo was amazing we passed through STRAIGHTS which were littered with islands and amazing landscape. I am not sure how a boat this size could even fit through some of the gaps, we were literally a couple of metres from the rocks.
Anyway, we eventually docked in oslo and it was very humid. After a quick look round the dock we headed into town, which was very beautiful and quiet. There were plenty of old buildings, everything was tidy and the people were friendly enough. It did not feel like a big city, it felt like a very relaxing place and nobody was in a hurry. However, it was extremely quiet and that is despite the 6,000 tourists that had just descended on the place. After a good look around in the heavy downpours we went to the sculpture Vigeland Sculpture Park. The place was full of weird and wonderful monuments and was defintitely worth the effort of walking there.
Maybe Michael Jackson took some inspiration from oslo!
After several hours of looking around we went back to the ship and had our usual gym fix and then organised lunch with everyone. After a good thai curry, we all went and played some cards and then Claire went to the roulette table and won all the money back that had been lost from the night before.
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