Caught a 5:40 AM train and headed to Oslo. We saw the countryside of Sweden which is a mixture of farmland, lakes, and coniferous trees. It looks similar to northern MN. Took another train from Oslo to Torp.
Picked up a rental car (Hertz at Sandjefjord Aiport) and drove about 5 hours to the Trolltunga Hotel near Odda. We were fairly tired from the train, bus, train, bus, car travel day. We elected to have a caprese salad with salmon at the hotel, organize our gear, and get some shut eye.
Approaching 9pm Stockholm time and let’s get to some daily details!!
First flight MSP to JFK (Delayed 2hrs), then second connecting flight never even made it to JFK due to maintenance so we waited on a plane from Africa! So another 2hrs we waited and finally took off at 7:26pm (Originally supposed to fly out at 5:30pm).
During the long flight we ended up watching two to three movies over the course of the night. Watch Masterminds if you haven’t yet. Dinner was chicken cordon bleu, or shrimp salad. ICING on the cake was free drinks all night long so we got wine, two bottles of scotch, and one bottle of Bailey’s.
WE GOT OUR BAGS during our connection! I was worried about this since the delay was huge. Love Delta and their tracking tool.
Today’s weather was AMAZING at 65F Partly Cloudy, arrived at 8:45am, and had to wait in Arlanda’s Custom line which was inefficient! The connection from Arlanda to Stockholm was incredibly easy, find the train kiosk machine, stick in CC and you are on your way. Pickup occurs every 10-15 minutes and the trains haul (20 minute trip) COST 380NOK for 2 people (divide by 8 to convert to USD).
Our hotel will be in the Rygerfjord which results in a 1.3 mile hike from the train station.
One of the most astonishing things I’ve noticed is the number of people biking from point a to point b. It was truly astonishing.
