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march 9, 2015
Parents drop me off at the airport at 12:00 noon for check in
united airlines flight 3469 leaves Msp at 2:13pm to Oslo Norway and arrive at 8:10pm with one stop in newark
The Flight ( round trip ) will cost $1,863.69 and includes a hotel in oslo, Norway.
After i arrive i will get my luggage and take the free shuttle to the first millenium hotel where i will stay for the week. i will by An Oslo Bus pass good for 72hrs that costs $80.12 and allows me on and off access to the bus system and entrance into several museums.
Day 1 march 10, 2015
wake up and eat breakfast at the hotel (breakfast is included in hotel fees)
then i will take the bus to oslo city hall for an All inclusive Oslo City tour which cost $81.72 for 7 hours.
The tour includes:
Walking tour of the Viking ship Museum
stop at Vigeland Park
walking tour of the Polarship Fram Museum
walking tour of the Kon-tiki Museum
2 hour site seeing cruise around oslo fjord
Food for the tour $20 snack
After the tour i will eat dinner at the Hotel's Italian restaurant which will cost about $40
day 2 march 11, 2015
wake up and eat breakfast at the hotel
i will ride the oslo bus to the Bergen railway depot and travel to Bergen, Norway. the cost for the round trip ticket is $157.
The train leaves Oslo at 8:25 am and arrives in bergen at 2:59pm.
once i arrive in bergen, I will walk to the YMCA hotel which I will sleep in for the night. THis is a hostel which 4 people share one room and costs $27.00 for the night.
Once I check in, i will take a walk on the waterfront and visit the fish market.
Next I will visit the bergen aquarium which will cost $34.05.
Once i am finished at the aquarium, i will walk back toward the hostel and have dinner at the nearby chilli bar & restaurant which will cost about $50.00
DAy 3 March 12, 2015
Wake up, grab some breakfast and buy a bus pass for $8.17 to go tot he floibanen funicular which takes me up to the top of the bergen mountain. (The floibanen funicular is like a tram ride). Once at the top I will go on a guided mountain walk which will cost $85.00, the tram ride is included.
After the Mountain walk I will take the bus to the bergen railway train and head back to oslo. the cost of the bus pass is $8.17.
Once i get back to oslo i will eat dinner at a nearby pub for about $50.00.
after dinner i will go back to my hotel and sleep for the night.
day 4 march 13, 2015
i will wake up and eat breakfast at the hotel.
after breakfast i will take the bus to nordmarka park and walk and see the wildlife.
then i will go to the coastal museum which will cost $60.00.
after the coastal museum, I will eat dinner ($40.00) and go back to the hotel for the night.
day 5-7 March 14-March 16 2015
I am taking a three day northern lights tour which involves flights/hotel stays/bus for once price of $1358.00.
i wake up and eat breakfast and head to the airport via the hotel shuttle to the oslo airport to board a plane to tromso where i will stay the night and meet up with the tour.
Then i will meet up with the tour and leave to see the northern lights and norway in a nutshell. This is a guided tour that visits different mountain tops to view scenery along with the northern lights.
food for the three day trip $125.00.
day 7, march 16, 2015
i head back to tromso and take the flight back to oslo. then head to the gate for my flight back home to msp. i leave oslo at 10:15 a.m. and arrive in MSP at 7:15 p.m. with one stop in newark. my parents will pick me up at the msp airport.
food during my flight stops round trip $100.00.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Anup Shah