Oslo Central Station

This afternoon was exhausting. Again, we are two very tired people who don't speak Norwegian. We made it off the train with four 45-ish pound suitcases, an effing 20-pound carry-on suitcase, two 15-pound backpacks, jackets, sore feet and all. The first thing we had to do was find short-term luggage storage so we didn't have to haul our stuff to the University of Oslo while picking up the keys to McKelvie's new apartment. That took a while. Too many stairs; too many people.

Then, we got to try out our fancy new Ruter card and the T-bane. We can handle Oslo's version of the subway just fine, thank you very much. It was a pretty quick trip to the university to get her keys and then back to the Oslo S to get our luggage again, and then back on the T-bane (same train, same direction) to go to Nydalen stop. An escalator this time - very nice. Then a short bus ride on the #37 to Bjolsen Student Housing and Moldegata 17.Read more