OSLO-MANCHESTER-LIVERPOOL Travel

Yes, today was a day of travel. We left the hotel at 7am. As you can see we were at a train station hotel, which literally looked out at the train station although our room, opposite the train station, had a great view of Oslo. The room was "basic" and "the bed had a lot to be desired" and the temperature was very warm so we had the window open with "city noise most of the night" BUT thats part of the experience....as they say. We had a beautiful breakfast there (see photo) in the train station and then we were off to the Oslo airport (30 minutes) and then a few hours wait at the airport for our flight to Manchester. I would say it was a fun visit to Manchester (remember Hair -1979 "Manchester, England, England & "Let the Sunshine In"") but we were there only a half hour before we were on an another train to Liverpool where we set up shop" for the hour long ride.

We got out at the train station and decided "we can walk to the pier, it's only 1.1 miles" and we will get to see the city. Well, yes, we got to see this interesting, mostly old city, but the cobblestone streets, steps, uneveness and sometimes uphill ...with 6 bags...was a bit of challenge. We arrived at the ship (Regent Seven Seas Grandeur) at 4:10p (of course they closed up the receiving and security areas at 4pm and stopped taking luggage). We were escorted privately by the Executive Concierge and our own van to the ship and got special treatment and champagne as soon as we got on. ALLS WELL!Read more