After sleeping like the dead, thanks to our all day hiking extravaganza, morning came too soon as we had a 6:45am bus to catch. We were heading back to Oslo by plane, in order to make it for our transatlantic flight to Toronto and the last leg of our incredible journey.
Having had our fill of bussing over the last 5 days, we napped all the way to Sola airport, about 25 minutes outside of Stavanger. With time to spare, we hunkered down for a hearty Norwegian breakfast, but avoided coffee (to Jess’ sorrow) in order to try for more naptime in-flight.
Then it was just a hop, skip and 1 hour flight to Oslo!
Once back in the capital, we grabbed our bags and headed for the international terminal. After checking in 3 hours early, we had plenty of time to kill, so spend a goodly bit of it catching up on the blog – we’ve been delinquent, we know. Sorry!
Finally, we decided to hunker a little closer to our boarding gate and headed off, passing a tasty looking sausage stand. Not ones to avoid interactions with tasty encased meats, we decided that this should be our last meal in Norway and got one Chorizo and one Chili & Cheese.
Having done them up in the proper Norwegian style, we had just taken our first bite when Grant’s dog shot scalding hot cheese all over Jess! Not exactly the way we wanted to remember this meal, but once Grant stopped apologizing (and giggling, which sort of ruined the apology…) the sausages themselves were actually delicious and we managed to avoid any more cheese flinging incidences.
Then it was on the plane to Reykjavik, Iceland for a brief airport layover.
Nothing too exciting here — it was a cold rainy day so nothing to see out the window. What we did see / experience was the most crowded, busy airport EVER:
A few hours later it was touchdown in Toronto, a cab to the apartment, and a stroll down the block for excellent fast/casual pizza and pasta.
It was darn tasty, but then it was time for…
Bed.
-G & J