then took a tour of the Royal residence we'd seen from the outside the day before. A good deal of the interior is influenced by Queen Maud, the first Norweigian Queen in the latest era of its monarchy. She was British and there were some touches of her Victorian taste in the decorations and furnishing.
Coffee in the square listening to the medieval musicians again brought the morning to an end and we took ourselves down to the station for our trip to Oslo. The journey is about 6.5 hours through the countryside visiting Lillehammer, site of the Winter Olympics.
It was a very picturesque trip which we enjoyed in Norway's not quite First Class carriage.
Arriving in Oslo after 9PM really isn't a problem on these long light evenings and the sun on the lakes and fjords as we approached the city was lovely.
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