We caught an early morning bus from Lofthus to Geilo, where a train took us back to Oslo. The ride was as scenic as before, with the added fun of traveling from sea level at the fjord up into the mountain plateau. Over the course of the day we finished off much of the snacks we had been eating throughout our hike: chocolate chip cereal bars, bison jerky, raisins, sunflower seeds, and bars of dark chocolate. We picked up Mark's laptop from the train station locker in Oslo, retrieved our luggage from the conference hotel, and moved in to the City Hotel (a hostel-type hotel; considerably smaller and dingier than our hostel in Lofthus) for our last night in Oslo. I was inexplicably seized with a desire for pizza for dinner that night (although the guidebook had warned against the quality of Norwegian pizza), leading us on a bit of a wild goose chase through the city. But it hit the spot.
The next day was really all about traveling home: big plane but poor selection of movies; I read my book too quickly so had to read Mark's over his shoulder; and the slowest luggage retrieval of all time. But, all in all, a decent trip home to end of a great vacation.
Photo: sunset from Akershus Castle
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