Now this may come as a surprise and disappointment to some of you but there are times when I travel and don't drink beer or wine. Such was the case with Oslo. I simply had a packed agenda and had to keep my head clear for all running around to trains, buses, airports, hotels, and so on. I did however take note of the fact that the primary beer sold in Oslo is Guinness, followed closely by Kilkenny Amber. A distant third was Carlsberg from Denmark. The drunks preferred the cheap champagne that is so popular in Russia. There were quite a few Irish pubs about town. I did not notice a "product of Norway" beer. There you have it. Not one beer photo or even a story to share. I thought I’d get this out of the way before the questions about beer start rolling in.
Cruising the Danube
Life on the river often means spots where I can't get a good wifi connection so I'm a bit behind on blogging. I'm going to do this one fast and then get more detailed on the last two stops. I'm sailing with AMA Waterways and the ship is the AmaVerde as seen from the dock in Vidin. Usually I share a bigger cabin with a friend but for this trip we decided to splurge and get our own cabin. Here's my little home for the week. Most of Thursday was on the ship as we sailed from Bulgaria to Serbia. This lock is the second gate of the Iron Gates. Looking over at the dam on the river. View from my cabin. The water is just below the window. There are only three decks on this ship and I'm on Level 3.
But .... what about the beer? You need to go back and find a Norway beer!
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