Seriously, everyone needs to visit Norway at least once (I’m definitely going back for seconds). Oslo alone comprises beautiful buildings, lots of great parks, right on the water, fantastic food and museums and friendly people. Need I say more? Ok, well, their new Opera House alone is worth the trip. It just opened last year and is right on the water. The theme is a glacier and it’s Opera House cum jungle gym as you can climb all over it, even the roof, for amazing views. The inside is like a beautiful wooden Guggenheim with a lovely café in the lobby.We were able to get such a good view of it because the theatre ship on which we stayed, the MS Innvik, was right across the water from it. While the Innvik gets Major props for location, as well as for fantastic breakfasts (make your own waffles!) and for price, not sure I’d return because the rooms are TINY and you hear a lot of noise from the theatre (which had reggae concerts when we were there). So you know this 6-foot gal with the bionic hearing was having a bit of a hard time. Ah well, time to go make another waffle..lol and enjoy the fact the room was only 75 pounds! Speaking of ships, on one of our walks we saw what had to be the most Gi-normous cruise ship I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t even fit it all in one pic. Speaking of pics, more Opera House, theatre ship and cruise ship (and waffle) ones are here.
