Ha det bra, Oslo!

Our last photo in Oslo...


We did not get to bed until close to 4 in the morning and woke up at 7. We ate our last free delicious breakfast at Kaffistova, checked out of the hotel and began our last walk up Karl Johans gate to Oslo's Central Station. Our flights back were not bad at all, but a couple of sleep aides, wine and jack and cokes will help out any day. I almost peed my pants when I saw Espen at the end of the terminal. Jeremy and I both grabbed for him and smothered him with hugs and kisses. We saw Alec Baldwin at the baggage claim. I made eye contact with him and made a little gesture like I was taking his picture, he nodded yes and pointed outside. He then walked up to me, my mom and epen and asked if this was my son and when i told him yes, he said he was the cutest kid in the world. He asked what Espen's name was and said hello to him...he was very very nice! He said he would take a picture with us outside where it's less crowded after he finds his bag that was lost...but alas, he left before we got a chance to grab him. I told my mom, he may think his own daughter is a snot nosed pig but he thinks Espen is cute. hahah!

As for our vacation, I think it was the most fun i have ever had! Oslo was an amazing city with the perfect combination of that big city feeling and small town charm. There was so much stuff for us to do and so many things to explore. The girls were fantastic, the beers were expensive, the streets were confusing, the public transit system is perfect, the kebabs were plentiful, the 7-11's and McDonalds had great looking people working the cash registers, the Russ kids were hilarious, Vidar was an amazing tour guide, the Jugend were tons of fun, the 17th of may was incredible, the babies in buggies were the cutest, the sleeper car from Bergen was heavenly, Jeremy was the BEST traveling companion a girl could ask for, the Best Western Bondeheimen was like a hotel in Ikea, Karl Johans gate was always bustling exept for at 8am on a Sunday when there was maybe 2 or 3 people out, the Sun that never set was indescribable, the weather was all over the place, forrests were green and lush and peaceful, the kids hollaring at 4 am almost everynight after the bars closed down were annoying and funny at the same time. I can't wait to go back. I can't wait to see this city in the winter, I can't wait to take Espen to this peaceful, busy, laid back, clean, beautiful, old mixed with new, all around good time city!

Thank you to Vidar for all of your gracious hospitality, to the Jugends for coming out for our last night in town, to the boy who sold me a $160 flat iron, and to everyone else that we met, even the cab driver who charged us $20 to go a block and a half to our hotel our first day in town.

It's been fun!