It’s not too long now until your Nordic Express tour with Tim The Tourman (October 15-17)

All bookings have been confirmed and are awaiting our arrival

Those on your tour are -
Nicci Meyer - Tanya Roneberg - Michelle Barry - Cassandra Osborne - Karen Turner - Yasmin Brennan - Aaron Bartish - John Batzavalis - Murray Carr - Danny Covre - James Rule - Patrice Gibbons - Tracey Hayes - Nathan Gibbons - Matthew Mcdermott - Sally Hay - Tineke Bright - Megan Bright - Greg Bright

Outbound Flights
Friday 15th October 2004
Ryan Air flight - FR 038
From London Stansted at 18:45
To Oslo Torp arrive 21:40

Return Flights
Sunday 17th October 2004
easyJet flight - 3568
From Copenhagen at 21:35
To London Stansted arrive 22:25

When you check-in simply quote your reference number as given above
Please meet me at the boarding gate no later than thirty minutes prior to departure

Upon arriving at Oslo Torp Airport a shuttle bus will take us to Oslo Bus Terminal (130kr / 100min)

We are staying at the Anker Hostel which is less than 10 minutes walk from there
Sheets (45kr), towels (15kr) and breakfast (60kr) are all available at Anker

After checking in we will go on a pub crawl of Oslo which will conveniently pass many of the cities major sites

This will enable us to spend more time on Saturday exploring selected sites in depth

On Saturday I recommend four things
(1) The Viking Ship Museum at Bygdoy (50kr)
(2) The Vigeland Sculpture Park (free)
(3) The Holmenkollen Ski Museum and Jump Tower (60kr)
(4) The Akershus Fortress (free)

There may be just enough time to visit three of these - however it will be best if you decide on two and fit the third in if you have time

We will meet back at Anker at 15:30 and then take taxis (50kr) to the port where the "Pearl Of Scandinavia" cruise ship will be waiting for us

Details of our voyage are
Saturday 16th October 2004
DFDS Seaways Pearl Of Scandinavia
From Oslo depart 17:00
To Copenhagen arrive 9:15 (17th October)

Once on board I recommend we sit down for the buffet dinner in the Seven Seas Restaurant (£19 including fresh salmon, crayfish, prawns, hot meats, salads, desert etc)
We will then party the voyage away in the Admiral Pub and Compass Nightclub

Upon arriving in Copenhagen we will take the bus (17kr) to Central Station where we will store our bags in lockers (25kr small / 35kr large)

We will then take bus #26 (17kr) to the Carlsberg Brewery where I have arranged for us a free tour (including beers) at 11.00am

After this we will go on a brief walking tour of the city before boarding the Netto-Badene sightseeing boat for a canal cruise (25kr)

After this we will have a late lunch at Riz Raz restaurant (75kr all you can eat + ½ litre of water) which has been regularly voted the best of its kind in Copenhagen

You will then have some free time to relax and explore before we take the evening train (25.5kr) to the international airport where our flight will be waiting to take us back to sunny London

Please remember
(1) if you have an ISIC or Young Persons Rail Card you can get discount on the Stansted Express train from Liverpool St or Tottenham Hale
(2) public transport costs in Oslo and Copenhagen are your responsibility so have some Kronas with you when you arrive
There is an ATM at Torp airport for those who forget, as well as a money exchange on the cruise ship
(3) our night time activities will be huge! - prepare yourself accordingly; and
(4) pack your passport!!!

Feel free to call me any time on 07736453531 if you have any further questions

Regards,
TIM OBERG
Manager - Tim The Tourman