Oslo flights booked.

We finally got the word from Travel Quest that it was safe to book our flights to Oslo at the end of May, but seeing as we had more pressing matters to deal with it was put on the “things to do” list! Next up was the honeymoon trip and all the photos that entails so we really had forgotten about booking until we received an e-mail from Scousey about said images which ended with a ps. about being booked for Oslo on the 16^th March. Google page fired up and flights to Oslo on screen. To my twisted mind a direct flight to Oslo had to be better than an indirect flight with a four hour stopover in Paris. So Newcastle to Oslo it was to be or so I thought! Yes you can fly direct from Newcastle to Oslo via Manchester, Heathrow, Birmingham, Gatwick, Stanstead, Glasgow or East Midlands. What part of direct do these eejits not get, after much cursing and gnashing of teeth a direct flight from Newcastle to Oslo was found via Schiphol with a two hour layover. So we set off with KLM at 05:55 from Newcastle and land at Schiphol at 08:20 with two hours to look round the transit lounge then leave there at 10:20 and arrive in Oslo at 12:10. Not being much of a flyer I didn’t realise at first that big cities have more than one airport so the codes after the destination names actually refer to specific sites. The Radisson hotel we are booked into in Oslo (OSL) is right next to Gardermoen airport, so it is a five minute walk from arrivals which is fantastic; it is then a three minute walk to a train station that goes into the heart of Oslo in less than twenty minutes. We booked the extra day in Oslo so that we would have time to visit the City without it ending up a galloping visit, so as it stands at the moment we have Monday afternoon/evening and all day Tuesday to look round the City. Having a look at the Oslo Tourism web page shows lots of interesting places to see, museums, art galleries and parks to name a few but a lot of our itinerary will depend on the weather in March.