Today was pretty much a driving day from Copenhagen to Oslo. After an early start we drove to the ferry that took us from the Danish coast to the Swedish coast which was very quick.

We then drove for a few hours with a stop for lunch in Sweden and then a stop in Norway for a rest break which was a bit confusing because you had to make sure you had the right currency. It didn’t feel like a very long driving day even though it was because we played a lot of get to know you games and James, our Contiki leader, told us a lot of the history of Norway. I also slept for a while and tried to catch up on my Berlin blogs. At the stop in Norway, Clare and I found some Apply and Rhubarb Somersby Cider so we bought some for later.

When we got to Oslo we drove straight to our accommodation which was out of the city and spent some time unpacking and exploring the hostel before dinner. After dinner (there is salmon everywhere here- so happy!), we headed to Frogner Park which has a whole lot of statues of humans in weird positions designed by the sculptor Gustav Vigeland. They had humans in some really weird positions and it was fantastic fun to walk around and try to impersonate the statues. The park was really beautiful because there were lots of colourful flowers and fountains. We had some more time before we had to be back on the bus so a group of us went and acted like kids at the park which was much more adventurous than any Australian playground!

We headed back to the hostel and because it was a dry hostel, we couldn’t drink at the hostel itself. But apparently 3 metres from the hostel border on the top of hill overlooking the city was okay so a huge group of us went out there and had a drink (rhubarb cider=nice!) and played some Frisbee and soccer and got to know some more people. We were out there till almost midnight but it was still incredibly light (it was as light as 4pm in Australia at the moment!) which was an awesome way to end the day.