First day in Norway

We arrived in Oslo Norway on a beautiful, sunny, bitterly cold day (or so it seemed to us!) We were grateful that we had been able to purchase some winter clothes in Colombo, including jackets, toques, and mitts. We also bought boots at the airport in Johannesburg after seeing the recent snow fall in photos sent by my relatives in Finland.


Olso is a beautiful city with elegant architecture and stylish people. Even the beggars look clean and well-dressed, sporting high quality ski jackets and matching toques. They looked as though they could have blended at any fashionable ski resort, such as Whistler. I laughed thinking about the contrast of the people begging on the streets in Sri Lanka and India and Olso!

Olso is likely one of the most expensive cities in the world! Rob paid more for his cab ride to the university than some Sri Lankans make in a month. We are now on the “Norway diet” – eating little because of the high cost of food.