Aug 9 - Oslo

We pulled into Oslofjorden in the wee hours of the morning which was very nice. It's beautiful with the mountains and islands on either side with the small houses and smaller boats. We drove around the Aker Brygge dock for a while and then went into a German U-boat submarine which was interesting and creepy at the same time especially since they had mannequins placed at strategic places like around sharp corners that frightened the pants off you. We saw the Opera House and Frogner Park with Vigeland's statues. We drove by Nobelsgate and saw the building where they give out the prizes. The guard at the Royal Palace was changing so we counted how many times they went out of step. Then we drove by the being-constructed Holmenkollen Ski arena and took a break at this lovely restaurant (special today: leg of reindeer, carved at your table) where all the thepla banshees brought out their snacks and started singing Hindi songs. I went for a walk at this point which proved to be a bad idea since the slope was slippery and the ankle was weak and down I went and scraped my knees. Weather was cool, windy and rainy so we didn't spend much time outside and the plan to go to the peninsula of Bygdoy was scrapped.

Today is formal night as well but after last night's fiasco, everybody is quite content to eat at the buffet on Deck 7. The serving staff seem to think so as well since they've laid out our Indian food there. The largest nationality on board is German followed by folks from the UK and then the US. India comes in with 20 and 15 of them are us.

Back to the Chart Room tonight. They have nice wines there.