Europe 2023 September 5th Day 33 - Porto to Oslo

Another good sleep and aroused by the alarm at 6.45am. Packed and ready for breakfast at 7.30 which once again consisted of pancakes with maple syrup, toast, juice and something brown called coffee. Both still got some sinus or start of a cold, let's not use the C word, so couple codral and all good. We ordered a taxi which arrived quickly and soon off to the airport to catch our 11am to Lisbon for connecting 12.50pm flight to Oslo. Only took 20 minutes, not the 45 the guy behind reception said , so we were there at 8.40am. Had to wait till 9am to check in and when we did the lady asked if we would like the earlier 10am, yes please. Boarding was on time however due to industrial action by air traffic controllers in Lisbon, we didn't take off till 10.45. Was a short 35 minute flight and as we now had some time till the Oslo leg, we made our way to the lounge for a sit and small bite. 

Finally boarded 15 minutes late and once again 30 minutes wait.

Suddenly pandemonium as someone collapsed in the middle of the plane. Call out for a nurse, medic, defibrillator, possible heart attack.  Jane rushed to assist along with another nurse on board and they could get no pulse. The lady shouting was actually a doctor but wanted a nurse while she supervised. They were about to start CPR when she opened her eyes. Very deep faint, quite blue and apparently she was sick earlier in the day, and it was warm waiting in the plane. Jane says that at least you can do CPR kneeling on the seat in a narrow aircraft space with the patent on the aisle floor. 😇 Doors open, medic's arrived and went through procedures before leaving the plane and leaving the patient on board 🤔. Oh well that took up a good 40 minutes. Doors locked again and small wait before taxiing off. Once in the air they bought Jane and myself a glass of bubbly each and thanked Jane, very nice.

Arrived in Oslo and quickly off the plane and straight through customs, no checks at all. Hadn't checked where the airport was in relation to the city centre, so of course it is approx 50km so gave up the idea of a cab and jumped on the train direct to Oslo Central and were there in 15-20 minutes. Simple. We then decided to walk to the hotel and that took a good 20 minutes up a gradient that looked small but it was warm and took a little effort. Once there booked in and headed out to have a quick look around and a bite to eat as it was already 7pm. Oslo is extremely clean and well laid out and we had a small but enjoyable walk looking at the beautiful buildings and gardens close to the hotel before settling on the Ergo bar for a meal of consisiting of two entrees, a pork belly and some chicken tacos plus one beer and one wine, grand total $110 AUD. So it's true, Norway is expensive 🤬.

 Had a further wander in the dark and must safe felt totally safe before returning to the hotel for a night cap before bed. An interesting day.