Another country – another language!
And another non border crossing. There were signs on the highway
regarding which lane to go into if you had items to declare otherwise you just
kept on driving.
And here we thought we were doing so well with the language. Just
discovered most of the credit card machines at the gas stations have a flag to
indicate language choice. Too bad we didn’t see this first. No idea what they
wanted so Doug selected the 199 kronor choice thinking that was the limit of
gas to be pumped. Out came a receipt then the gas pumping began and ran and ran
until well over that amount. Puzzled by this Doug approached another biker who
was filling up his bike. The guy started to laugh and informed Doug he had
purchased a car wash! Of interest is many of the gas stations have electric chargers (see photo).
Some time spent traveling the freeway today but compared to Germany/Denmark it was not very busy. We had been a bit anxious about getting through Oslo but the road just circled around and next thing we were through. Lots of tunnels, starting at 200 meters up to a few that were 3.8 km – a long time to be under ground. There were phone booths about every 200 m cut into the sides of the tunnel where you could make use of an SOS phone if need be.
As we approached Lillehammer had a great view across the water of
the ski jump platform up on the mountain. Remember that the 1994 winter
Olympics were here. The city reminds us of Nelson, being built on the side of a
hill so lots of uphill walking. After checking into the hotel we walked uphill
to the Olympic Museum. It is small but very well done. They have a well developed tourist shopping area as well.
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| Lillehammer shopping area |
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| Olympic ski jump |
Another sunny day with temperatures around 20. Only three drops of
rain.
Tomorrow we head to the coast and the Atlantic Ocean Road.
Hopefully we will include some videos of the ride.
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