Day 55: Oslo to Frankfurt

(This is for Tuesday 21 October)

We decided to get up fairly early on Tuesday so we could walk around before catching the train to the airport for our flight into Frankfurt. I ended up heading with four other people to a hill we'd heard had a good view of the city. We brought all our stuff with us and headed through a lot of the city and finally found the trail the lady at the hostel had told us about.

From Fall Break - Norway

The clouds were looking to be a bit stormy but held out for us to get up to a lookout point where there was a restaurant. The view was just beautiful and made me wish I could live in a city like Oslo and go on runs like that. The air was so clean (especially compared with London's pollution) and crisp that when you breathed in, it felt like the equivalent of a fresh glass of ice water for your lungs.



Oh, just to point out something fun, the train station in Oslo had these things called "travelators". They're like moving walkways on an incline and for some reason really intrigued everyone in our group. Fun stuff.



After a train to the Oslo airport, a plane to the Frankfurt airport, and then a bus into Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt on Main, the river running through), we finally arrived at the main train station in Frankfurt.

From Fall Break - Frankfurt

We soon found that our hostel was even closer than we thought - basically across the road from where that picture was taken and down about two buildings.



Another great hostel - we had another room to ourselves. I learned this was probably the best perk of having such a large group (ten, much larger than I'd hoped to have). It really worked out well, though, because with ten people we were able to split off into smaller groups based on what each person wanted to do. In the more ideal size of about 2-4 people, it's tougher to compromise because you're mostly forced to do everything with everyone.

After using the Norwegian Kroner (~15 Kroner = 1 USD when we were there... apparently it is now about 6 Kroner to the dollar, yikes) for a few days, it was refreshing to know we'd be using the Euro the rest of our journey. Also, Oslo is known according to some lists to be the most expensive city in the world. Yes, even more so than London. Also, in addition to a more favorable exchange rate Frankfurt had cheaper prices for things in general. We found the cheapest gelato I've ever seen - 80¢ Euro for one scoop.