DAY 1 – Wednesday, 9 May 2012 to
Thursday, 10 May 2012, San Diego to London to Oslo, Norway
We boarded British Airways Flight 272,
a Boeing 777, in San Diego at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night The scheduled departure was
8:20 p.m., and we departed at 9:30 p.m. The legroom was cramped but
we had aisle seats to minimize the getting in and out problem. There
was a dinner meal – it was forgettable. Linda had half of her
Subway sandwich. I watched the movie The Descendants on the flight
and some TV shows, and dozed a bit. We arrived at Heathrow Airport
in London about 1.5 hours late, but our connecting flight to Oslo was
also delayed a bit. Linda had a wheelchair, and we were escorted
from the arrival gate through a vast underground maze by a wheelchair
pusher to the Oslo gate. British Airways has 66 gates at Heathrow.
I exchanged dollars for Norwegian kroners at the airport (highway
robbery!).
The British Airways flight
to Oslo departed at 6:15 p.m. (supposed to be 5:15 p.m.) and they served only
flavored chips and a drink. Linda had the second half of her Subway
sandwich. We got to Oslo Airport at 9:30 p.m. After the wheelchair
ride through the airport from the departure gate through immigration,
then claiming out two suitcases, to the airport entry, we bought
tickets for the 25 minute train ride from the airport to the central
Oslo station for 170 kroner each (a kroner is about 18 cents
American). We barely got off the train with our two bags and Linda’s
walker, plus our carry-ons, and walked to the street to hail a taxi.
That cost 350 kroner (about $55) for a 15 minute ride. The Scandic
Sjolyst Hotel is on the west end of Oslo near Bygdoy, and seemed to
specialize in business travelers during the week and tourists on the
weekend. We got into our room with no problem, pushed the twin beds
together, and tried to sleep. It was a long day and night!
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